Case Report

Left ventricular myocardial focal involvement and sudden death risk in cardiac sarcoidosis

N.D. Oryshchyn^1,2, Yu.A. Ivaniv¹, N.V. Lozynska¹, O.Ya. Sorok ², S.S. Pavlyk², Yu.O. Palamarchuk¹, M.S. Sorokivskyj^1,2

1 Danylo Galyckyi Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine

² Lviv Regional Cardiology Center, Ukraine    

Cardiac sarcoidosis is a rare disease with high risk of the sudden cardiac death. In this article we described the clinical course of cardiac sarcoidosis in a young female patient. Focal cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis must be differentiated from myocardial infarction and non-coronary myocardial pathology. Diagnostic approaches, assessment of sudden cardiac death risk and treatment options in cardiac sarcoidosis are discussed.

Key words: cardiac sarcoidosis, late enhancement, myocardial scar, ventricular tachycardia, sudden cardiac death.