1.
J Card Surg
; 28(5): 525-8, 2013 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23844704
ABSTRACT
Cardiac sarcoidosis is a rare entity and may be difficult to diagnose prior to cardiac surgery. We review the imaging and diagnostic studies necessary to make the diagnosis and discuss therapeutic algorithms to manage this disease.
Subject(s)
Cardiomyopathies/diagnosis , Sarcoidosis/diagnosis , Aged , Atrial Fibrillation/diagnosis , Atrial Fibrillation/etiology , Atrial Fibrillation/therapy , Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty , Cardiomyopathies/complications , Cardiomyopathies/pathology , Diagnostic Imaging , Fatal Outcome , Female , Heart Block/diagnosis , Heart Block/etiology , Heart Block/therapy , Humans , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/etiology , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/surgery , Myocardium/pathology , Sarcoidosis/complications , Sarcoidosis/pathology , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/etiology , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/surgery , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/diagnosis , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/etiology , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/therapy
2.
J Card Surg
; 28(4): 397-8, 2013 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23711339
ABSTRACT
We report a case of bronchopleural-cutaneous fistula following long-term vacuum-assisted closure therapy to manage a sternal dehiscence after coronary artery bypass surgery.