Clinical Features and Histopathology of Cardiac Sarcoidosis with Refractory Heart Failure: An Autopsy Case.

Abstract

Treatment involving the insertion of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices has markedly improved the prognosis of cardiac sarcoidosis. However, the prognosis remains poor in patients with advanced cardiac dysfunction or heart failure. We herein report the clinical course and histopathological findings of the autopsied heart of a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis with long-term refractory heart failure.

• Authors: Fumio Terasaki, Hiroko Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Takeda, Yohei Yamauchi, Shuichi Fujita, Takahiro Nakamura, Ikuko Torii, Yoshinobu Hirose, Masaaki Hoshiga
• Journal: Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) (Intern Med) Vol. 58 Issue 24 Pg. 3551-3555 (Dec 15 2019) ISSN: 1349-7235 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 31434823 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Atrioventricular Block (therapy)
• Autopsy
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices
• Cardiomyopathies (complications, pathology, therapy)
• Defibrillators, Implantable
• Echocardiography
• Electrocardiography
• Fatal Outcome
• Heart Failure (diagnostic imaging, etiology, pathology)
• Humans
• Lung (pathology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Myocardium (pathology)
• Sarcoidosis (complications, pathology)