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Dr. Akanksha Agrawal, Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Diseases, Emory University, 101 Woodruff Circle, Suite 319, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. akanksha21agr@gmail.com; aagra30@emory.edu

Dr. Ogunniyi has received research funds to Emory; serves as a principal investigator for AstraZeneca on DELIVER; has served as a principal investigator for AstraZeneca on DAPA-HF; serves as a principal investigator for Boehringer Ingelheim on EMPERIAL-Reduced and EMPERIAL-Preserved trials; has served as a principal investigator from Alnylam on the ENDEAVOUR trial, has received pending research support (significant) and serves as a principal investigator at Duke Clinical Research Institute on COORDINATE-Diabetes; and has served as aprincipal investigator for Zoll, BMAD Treatment; and has received modest honoraria from the Cardiology Advisory Board. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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Keywords:

  • infiltrative cardiomyopathy
  • pregnancy
  • sarcoidosis
  • ventricular arrhythmias

Syncope in a Pregnant Woman: Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy and Presumed Cardiac Sarcoidosis

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JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

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Volume 2, Number 1

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, Pages 101-106

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

Abstract:

Cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis is an uncommon manifestation of the disease process. Diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy can be challenging due to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. We describe a case of a 43-year-old, 21-week pregnant woman who presented after 2 episodes of syncope and was diagnosed with presumed cardiac sarcoidosis. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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