Recurrence of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in a Heart Transplant Recipient

Overview

Journal J Heart Lung Transplant

Publisher Elsevier

Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
General Surgery
Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2005 Nov 22

PMID 16297811

Citations 24

Authors

Jonathan E E Yager

Adrian F Hernandez

Charles Steenbergen

Bradley Persing

Stuart D Russell

Carmelo Milano

G Michael Felker

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Abstract

We present the case of a young man who received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a bridge to transplantation for end-stage heart failure, in whom the diagnosis of sarcoid cardiomyopathy was made at the time of LVAD implantation. He subsequently underwent uncomplicated heart transplantation. Nineteen months later, a routine surveillance endomyocardial biopsy specimen demonstrated recurrence of sarcoidosis in the transplanted heart.

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