naa a22 4500 510728065 CHVBK 20180411082942.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11748-013-0210-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11748-013-0210-z Cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosed by histological assessment of a left ventricular apical core excised for insertion of a left ventricular assist device [Elektronische Daten] [Masahiro Ryugo, Hironori Izutani, Toru Okamura, Fumiaki Shikata, Masahiro Okura, Yuki Nakamura, Akiyoshi Oogimoto, Jitsuo Higaki] A 58-year-old male with no history of heart disease was admitted to hospital for congestive heart failure due to severe left ventricular dysfunction, and clinically diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. He developed recurrent heart failure requiring several admissions to hospital and was finally referred to our institution with severe congestive heart failure. Despite medical treatment with inotropic agents, his symptoms gradually worsened. A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was implanted together with mitral and tricuspid valve repair at 22days after hospitalization. A histological assessment of a left ventricular apical core specimen revealed non-caseating granulomas consistent with cardiac sarcoidosis. The postoperative course was uneventful, and he remains under cardiac rehabilitation while waiting for cardiac transplantation. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2013 Cardiac sarcoidosis nationallicence Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) nationallicence End-stage heart failure nationallicence Ryugo Masahiro Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut Izutani Hironori Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut Okamura Toru Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut Shikata Fumiaki Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut Okura Masahiro Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut Nakamura Yuki Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut Oogimoto Akiyoshi Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, To-on, Japan aut Higaki Jitsuo Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, To-on, Japan aut General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/12(2013-12-01), 716-718 1863-6705 61:12<716 2013 61 11748 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0210-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0210-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ryugo Masahiro Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Izutani Hironori Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Okamura Toru Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shikata Fumiaki Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Okura Masahiro Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nakamura Yuki Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, 791-0295, To-on, Ehime, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oogimoto Akiyoshi Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, To-on, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Higaki Jitsuo Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, To-on, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/12(2013-12-01), 716-718 1863-6705 61:12<716 2013 61 11748 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer