Cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosed 7 years after detection of ventricular tachycardia during pharmacologic stress testing

Seena Mansouri^{1

2}, Avirup Guha^{1

2}, Robert A Sorrentino^{1

2}, Gyanendra Sharma^{1

2}, Varsha Taskar³, Klaus Ley⁴, Mark A Ahlman⁵, Gloria E Westney⁶, Jalal Ghali⁷, Neal L Weintraub^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
² Division of Pulmonary, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
³ Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁴ Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁵ Department of Radiology and Imaging, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁶ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Morehouse University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Morehouse University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Case Reports

Seena Mansouri et al. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 2;11(8):804-807.

doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2025.05.024. eCollection 2025 Aug.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
² Division of Pulmonary, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
³ Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁴ Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁵ Department of Radiology and Imaging, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁶ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Morehouse University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Morehouse University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ablation; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Imaging; Palpitations; Positron emission tomography; Ventricular tachycardia.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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