Sarcoid Heart Disease
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Course Details
Credit/contact hours: .5
Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes
Publication Date: July 9, 2019
Expiration date: July 9, 2025
Reviewed: July 8, 2022
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:
Elona Rrapo Kaso, MD
Dr. Elona Rrapo Kaso is a Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Virginia Health System.
DISCLOSURE: This individual reports no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities.
