ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop 2023; 3(1): e20230027
Cardiac Sarcoidosis, the Great Chameleon of Myocardiopathies
Diogo Coutinho Suassuna
, Felipe J. de Oliveira Fraga, Carlos Eduardo L. Montenegro
Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystemic disease of unknown etiology, histologically determined by the formation of non-caseating granulomas in various organs of the body, which can also affect heart tissues, resulting in cardiac sarcoidosis (CS).
This disease continues to be enigmatic in such a way that, since its first description (1929), and over the years, the exact mechanism of its pathogenesis has still not been clarified, with the possibility of the existence of an important component of genetic predisposition added to types of environmental exposure.
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Keywords: Cardiomyopathies; Heart Failure; Sarcoidosis
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