Diagnosis of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis

Trisvetova E.L.; Iudina O.A.; Smolensky A.Z.; Cherstvyi E.D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/patol20198101157

Trisvetova E.L.

Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Iudina O.A.

Gorodskoe klinicheskoe patologoanatomicheskoe biuro Minska, Minsk, Respublika Belarus', 220116

Smolensky A.Z.

City Clinical Pathological Anatomy Bureau, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Cherstvyi E.D.

Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Diagnosis of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis

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Trisvetova E.L., Iudina O.A., Smolensky A.Z., Cherstvyi E.D.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Archive of Pathology. 2019;81(1): 57‑64

DOI: 10.17116/patol20198101157

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Trisvetova EL, Iudina OA, Smolensky AZ, Cherstvyi ED. Diagnosis of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis. Russian Journal of Archive of Pathology. 2019;81(1):57‑64. (In Russ.)
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Abstract:

Heart involvement in sarcoidosis is diagnosed in vivo in 5—7%, at autopsy in 25% of cases as a manifestation of a systemic process and an isolated one. Difficulties in the diagnosis of isolated sarcoidosis are due to the absence of known causes of the disease and to the lack of specificity of clinical manifestations. The main symptoms include cardiac conduction and rhythm disturbances, cardiomyopathy with the development of heart failure, as well as pericardial involvement. Routine techniques (ECG, EchoCG, daily ECG monitoring) and imaging of the structures of the heart and its function evaluation (MRI, PET, and scintigraphy) are used in diagnosis. A set of clinical, instrumental, and histological data obtained at endomyocardial biopsy may suggest isolated cardiac sarcoidosis with the exception of other diseases.

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cardiac sarcoidosis

diagnosis

instrumental methods

endomyocardial biopsy

diagnostic criteria

Authors:

Trisvetova E.L.

Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Iudina O.A.

Gorodskoe klinicheskoe patologoanatomicheskoe biuro Minska, Minsk, Respublika Belarus', 220116

Smolensky A.Z.

City Clinical Pathological Anatomy Bureau, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Cherstvyi E.D.

Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

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