Sarcoidosis involving the heart; report of case with sudden death. SCOTTI TM, McKEOWN CE. TM Scotti,CE Mckeown - 《Archives of Pathology》 被引量: 48发表: 1948年 Transplantation of the lungs and heart and lung for patients with severe pulmonary complications from sarcoidosis. Heart-lung transp...
Sarcoidosis is not an absolute contraindication for organ transplantation for the majority of transplantation centers.doi:10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70424-XRichard G. BarbersClinics in Chest MedicineBarbers RG. Role of transplantation (lung, liver, and heart) in sarcoidosis. Clin Chest Med 1997;18:865...
The chronic form of sarcoidosis usually results in severe disease of the lungs and kidneys; the lung disease may cause damage to the heart. There is no cure for sarcoidosis. The administration of corticosteroids such as prednisone, which reduce inflammation, usually brings relief of the symptoms....
Chest pain, abnormal heartbeats, or your heart may stop beating A cough, trouble breathing, and hemoptysis (coughing up blood) Painful, swollen, red, and warm joints, muscles, and bones Flat or raised lumps in your skin, and red lumps on the front of your legs ...
Sarcoidosis of the heart. A clinicopathologic study of 35 necropsy patients (group 1) and review of 78 previously described necropsy patients (group 11). Certain clinical and morphologic observations are described in 35 necropsy patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (group IA and IB), and similar observ...
Met hod: 64 cases of lungsarcoidosisconfirmed by pathology were reviwed and anali zed. 方法: 回顾分析了64例经病理证实的肺结节病患者的全部资料. 互联网 Additional history indicated that the heart transplantation was forsarcoidosisinvolving the myocardium. ...
Sarcoidosis is a condition of unknown cause that can affect many organs. The lungs, skin, eyes, and lymph nodes are most commonly involved. The heart, brain, and other organs are less commonly involved. Sarcoidosis causes granulomas, which are collections of immune cells that can lead to ...
Less than 1% of heart and liver and about 3% of lung transplantations are performed in patients with sarcoidosis. The 1- and 5-year graft survival rates for lung, liver, and heart transplantations in patients with sarcoidosis compare favorably with the results obtained for patients with other ...
Lung function tests to see if you have anybreathing problems Eye exams to look for signs of damage, even if you aren't having any eye symptoms Heart tests,including an electrocardiogram (EKG) to check the electrical activity in your heart ...
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