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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Great mimicker: definite isolated cardiac sarcoidosis masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Tuan Pham, Jacob Abraham, Farooq H Sheikh

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tuan PhamDepartment of Medicine, Adventist Health Portland, Portland, Oregon, USA phamtuan.pub@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6892-6596
Jacob AbrahamHeart and Vascular Institute, Providence Health and Services Oregon and Southwest Washington, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Farooq H SheikhMedStart Heart and Vascular Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Adventist HealthCare · USMedStar Washington Hospital Center · USProvidence Health & Services Oregon and Southwest Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A healthy man in his 50s was hospitalised after presenting with chest pain and dyspnoea. An echocardiogram revealed asymmetrical septal hypertrophy, leading to a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Due to progressive conduction abnormalities during his hospitalisation, further evaluation was performed. Cardiac MRI revealed dense late gadolinium enhancement of the septum in the area of hypertrophy. Additionally, fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography demonstrated increased uptake within the same region, suggestive of active inflammation. Subsequent endomyocardial biopsy showed non-caseating granulomatous inflammation, consistent with cardiac sarcoidosis. Treatment with prednisone and methotrexate was initiated, and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was placed following thorough risk stratification. This case highlights the importance of multimodality imaging and the pursuit of a tissue diagnosis in the evaluation of cardiomyopathy.

Indexed as

Cardiomyopathy, HypertrophicMyocarditisSarcoidosisContrast MediaGadoliniumHumansHypertrophyInflammationMaleMiddle AgedContrast MediaGadoliniumArrhythmiasCardiovascular medicinePacing and electrophysiology

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PMID38087480
PMCPMC10728929
OpenAlexW4389510062

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