Concurrent cardiac sarcoidosis and obstructive sleep apnea presenting as arrhythmias
dc.creator | Malli F., Bardaka F., Gourgoulianis K.I., Daniil Z. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-31T08:56:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-31T08:56:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1186/s12890-020-1163-5 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 14712466 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/76205 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Cardiac involvement is a rare and potentially fatal presentation of sarcoidosis. Obstructive sleep apnea may complicate sarcoidosis. Case presentation: We report a case of a sarcoidosis patient with cardiac involvement presenting with ventricular arrhythmias. Besides medical and invasive measures of therapy, the patient failed to respond fully. The patient was subjected to overnight polysomnography and diagnosed with concurrent obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Following continuous positive airway pressure therapy, we observed a significant improvement of ventricular arrhythmias while methylprednisolone was further tapered. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first report of cardiac sarcoidosis further implicated by OSAHS and presenting as ventricular arrhythmias that underlies the need for extensive testing in cardiac sarcoidosis in patients not responding to immunosuppressive therapy. © 2020 The Author(s). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.source | BMC Pulmonary Medicine | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084721414&doi=10.1186%2fs12890-020-1163-5&partnerID=40&md5=b30d4283c877318dc2b9fe2f7d23c298 | |
dc.subject | atenolol | en |
dc.subject | corticosteroid | en |
dc.subject | gadolinium | en |
dc.subject | methylprednisolone | en |
dc.subject | ablation therapy | en |
dc.subject | adult | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | bronchus biopsy | en |
dc.subject | carbohydrate diet | en |
dc.subject | cardiac sarcoidosis | en |
dc.subject | cardiovascular magnetic resonance | en |
dc.subject | case report | en |
dc.subject | clinical article | en |
dc.subject | clinical feature | en |
dc.subject | computer assisted tomography | en |
dc.subject | contrast enhancement | en |
dc.subject | coughing | en |
dc.subject | defibrillation | en |
dc.subject | drug dose reduction | en |
dc.subject | electrophysiological procedures | en |
dc.subject | granuloma | en |
dc.subject | heart ventricle arrhythmia | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | human cell | en |
dc.subject | human tissue | en |
dc.subject | lung lavage | en |
dc.subject | lymphadenopathy | en |
dc.subject | lymphoid tissue | en |
dc.subject | male | en |
dc.subject | pacemaker implantation | en |
dc.subject | patient monitoring | en |
dc.subject | polysomnography | en |
dc.subject | positive end expiratory pressure | en |
dc.subject | positron emission tomography-computed tomography | en |
dc.subject | sinus node | en |
dc.subject | sleep disordered breathing | en |
dc.subject | treatment failure | en |
dc.subject | complication | en |
dc.subject | diagnostic imaging | en |
dc.subject | heart arrhythmia | en |
dc.subject | nuclear magnetic resonance imaging | en |
dc.subject | pathology | en |
dc.subject | positive pressure ventilation | en |
dc.subject | sarcoidosis | en |
dc.subject | sleep disordered breathing | en |
dc.subject | Adult | en |
dc.subject | Arrhythmias, Cardiac | en |
dc.subject | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | en |
dc.subject | Male | en |
dc.subject | Polysomnography | en |
dc.subject | Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography | en |
dc.subject | Sarcoidosis | en |
dc.subject | Sleep Apnea, Obstructive | en |
dc.subject | BioMed Central Ltd. | en |
dc.title | Concurrent cardiac sarcoidosis and obstructive sleep apnea presenting as arrhythmias | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |
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