High-dose Intravenous Glucocorticoids Are Effective in the Acute Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Case Series

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Journal HeartRhythm Case Rep

Date 2020 Oct 26

PMID 33101937

Citations 3

Authors

Jeremy A Slivnick

Jarrod Betz

Steven Kalbfleisch

Elliott D Crouser

Rami Kahwash

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