Rapidly Progressive Atrioventricular Block in a Patient with Sarcoidosis
Joint Authors
Rajappan, Anil Kumar
Nagham, Jafar Saeed
Thottuvelil Narayanan, Sunil Roy
al-Shamkhani, Warkaa
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Cardiac sarcoidosis is a major cause of death in patients with systemic sarcoidosis.
Cardiac manifestations are seen in 2.3% of the patients.
Atrioventricular (AV) block is one of the common manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis.
Other presentations of cardiac involvement include congestive heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death.
The presence of AV block in young patients should raise the suspicion of sarcoidosis.
AV block may be the only manifestation and patients may not have clinical evidence of pulmonary involvement.
Here we describe a young male presented with exercise induced AV block rapidly progressing to complete heart block with recurrent syncope needing urgent pacemaker implantation.
Factors that suggested an infiltrative process included his young age, rapidly progressive conduction abnormalities in the ECG in the absence of coronary disease, and previous history of cutaneous sarcoidosis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nagham, Jafar Saeed& al-Shamkhani, Warkaa& Thottuvelil Narayanan, Sunil Roy& Rajappan, Anil Kumar. 2014. Rapidly Progressive Atrioventricular Block in a Patient with Sarcoidosis. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nagham, Jafar Saeed…[et al.]. Rapidly Progressive Atrioventricular Block in a Patient with Sarcoidosis. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nagham, Jafar Saeed& al-Shamkhani, Warkaa& Thottuvelil Narayanan, Sunil Roy& Rajappan, Anil Kumar. Rapidly Progressive Atrioventricular Block in a Patient with Sarcoidosis. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466892
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466892