… In Japan, cardiac involvement is present in as many as 58% of patients, and is responsible
for as many as 85% of deaths from sarcoidosis (6,7). The clinical features of sarcoid heart …

Background— Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a potentially life-threatening heart
disease that occurs in previously healthy women. We identified prolactin, mainly its 16-kDa …

Thoracoscopy is the most accurate yet most expensive tool for establishing the diagnosis of
tuberculous (TB) pleurisy. However, most high TB‐incidence regions have limited financial …

… In Japan, cardiac involvement is reported to be present in as many as 58% of patients, and
is … Study on the cause of death in patients with sarcoidosis in Japan [abstract]. XII World …

Although several studies on tuberculous (TB) pleurisy suggest that the addition of corticosteroids
to anti-TB therapy may have beneficial effects, these agents are not used routinely. To …

Sarcoidosis is a relatively rare inflammatory condition which potentially carries high
morbidity and substantial mortality. Due to the fact that it does not subject patients to ionizing …

… In Japan, cardiac involvement is present in as many as 58% of patients, and is responsible
for as many as 85% of deaths from sarcoidosis. , 7 The clinical features of sarcoid heart …

Right ventricular involvement and the extent of left ventricular enhancement with magnetic
resonance predict adverse outcome in pulmonary sarcoidosis - Smedema - 2018 - ESC Heart …

Right ventricular involvement in cardiac sarcoidosis demonstrated with cardiac magnetic
resonance - Smedema - 2017 - ESC Heart Failure - Wiley Online Library … Jan-Peter Smedema …

C hu rg Strauss syndrome (CSS) may lead to cardiac involvement in up to 60% of patients.
The myocardium, coronary vasculatu re, valves and pericardium may be affected. This results …