A Case of Cardiac Sarcoidosis with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Which Formed Left Ventricular Thrombus after Administration of Steroid
The patient was a 75 years old male who had been followed as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by echocardiogram findings without inspection. In his echocardiogram findings, left ventricular contraction had been gradually impaired with left ventricular septal wall thinning. His inspection was done to examine the causes of these changes. According to his examinations, he was diagnosed as cardiac sarcoidosis. He had been administered predonisolone 30 mg/day for one month. After this course, his echocardiogram showed left ventricular thrombus,24*17 mm.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Toshihiko Akasaka, Masayuki Hirai, Kiyotaka Yanagihara, Ryouji Kinugasa, Masahiko Katou, Kazuhiro Yamamoto Source Type: research
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