Cum Grano Salis: Cardiac Sarcoidosis as a Perfect Mimic of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jul;14(7):e012355. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.012355. Epub 2021 Jun 30.

Giulia Saturi^#^{1

2}, Angelo Giuseppe Caponetti^#^{1

2}, Ornella Leone³, Luigi Lovato⁴, Simone Longhi¹, Maddalena Graziosi¹, Raffaello Ditaranto^{1

2}, Mauro Biffi¹, Nazzareno Galiè^{1

2}, Elena Biagini¹

¹ Cardiology Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, St. Orsola Hospital, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy (G.S., A.G.C., S.L., M.G., R.D., M.B., N.G., E.B.).
² Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy (G.S., A.G.C., R.D., N.G.).
³ Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology, St. Orsola Hospital, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy (O.L.).
⁴ Cardio-Thoracic Radiology Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, St. Orsola Hospital, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy (L.L.).

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; exercise tolerance; inflammation; myocarditis; sarcoidosis.

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