Sarcoid Heart Disease

Authors: Elona Rrapo Kaso, MD
Credit/contact hours: .5
Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes
Publication Date: July 9, 2019
Expiration date: July 9, 2025

$25.00

Description:

This is a challenging case of a patient presenting with heart failure and ventricular tachycardia. A careful chart review showed that this patient had a history of breast cancer and lymphadenopathy. A neck node biopsy showed non-caseating granulomas and a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made. As the patient developed worsening cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia, evaluation by PET and CMR were performed but therapy was only minimally effective. In this interesting case, the evaluation and management of cardiac sarcoidosis are reviewed.

Note: This course is eligible for ACPE credit.

You Will Learn

To describe the typical presentations of cardiac sarcoidosis
To recognize the principle findings of cardiac sarcoidosis on Positron Emission
To discuss the role of PET imaging in following responses to therapy

Method and medium:

Learners participate in the interactive learning modules by correctly answering multiple choice questions dispersed throughout. Learners will be prompted to try again, if a question is answered incorrectly.The course will open in a new tab – to exit the course, simply close the tab.

$25.00