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Jonathan E E Yager1, Adrian F Hernandez, Charles Steenbergen
1Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Abstract:
We present the case of a young man who received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a bridge to transplantation for end-stage heart failure, in whom the diagnosis of sarcoid cardiomyopathy was made at the time of LVAD implantation. He subsequently underwent uncomplicated heart transplantation. Nineteen months later, a routine surveillance endomyocardial biopsy specimen demonstrated recurrence of sarcoidosis in the transplanted heart.
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