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A 44-year-old woman with pulmonary and mediastinal sarcoidosis presented with ventricular tachycardia and syncope requiring external defibrillation.
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This case report describes a 44-year-old woman with sarcoidosis presenting with ventricular tachycardia requiring external defibrillation.
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May alert clinicians to cardiac sarcoidosis in unexplained VT; leaves open prospective data on screening and risk stratification.
A 44-year-old woman with a history of histologically proved pulmonary and mediastinal sarcoidosis and chronic atrial fibrillation presented with palpitations followed by syncope. Clinical examination was normal except for arrhythmia and discrete swelling of the ankles. ECG showed the onset of ventricular tachycardia (VT) [ventricular rate 210 b.p.m. and left bundle branch block (BBB) contour and horizontal axis] with sudden hypotension and lipothymia leading to external defibrillation. Subsequent ECG tracings showed sinus rhythm (50 b.p.m.) and complete right BBB. Biology …
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Redheuil et al. (2005) conducted a case report in Ventricular tachycardia and cardiac sarcoidosis (n=1). MRI and electrophysiology was evaluated. A 44-year-old woman with pulmonary and mediastinal sarcoidosis presented with ventricular tachycardia and syncope requiring external defibrillation.
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