Conduction disorders as the first hallmark of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis in a highly active individual: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is an inflammatory disease with various clinical presentations depending on the extension of cardiac involvement. The disease is often clinically silent, therefore diagnosis is challenging.

Case summary

We discuss the case of a middle-aged highly active individual presenting with an occasional finding of low heart rate during self-monitoring. The electrocardiogram shows a Mobitz 2 heart block; thanks to multimodality imaging CS was diagnosed and corticosteroid therapy improved cardiac conduction.

Discussion

To our knowledge, this is one of the first documented cases of occasional, early findings of CS in a middle-aged highly active individual who presented with cardiac conduction involvement. Despite the very early diagnosis, multim

SUBMITTER: Muccioli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8573167 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature