Multimodal Imaging for the Diagnosis of Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis

David W Louis; Alexa Papaila; Wasiq Sheikh; Michael K Atalay; Brian G Abbott

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.021

Multimodal Imaging for the Diagnosis of Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jun 17;2(7):1074-1078. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.021.

Authors

David W Louis¹, Alexa Papaila¹, Wasiq Sheikh¹, Michael K Atalay², Brian G Abbott¹

Affiliations

¹ The Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Abstract

We report a case of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) diagnosed using a multimodality imaging approach. A patient presented after an out-of-hospital, ventricular fibrillation-mediated cardiac arrest. The use of echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography enabled the diagnosis of isolated CS. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; CS, cardiac sarcoidosis; FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; PET, positron emission tomography; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiomyopathy; heart failure; positron-emission tomography; ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

Case Reports