A bimonthly publication part of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology portfolio of journals connected with ABC Cardiol publishing national and international scientific production in the field of cardiovascular sciences.
ISSN 2359-4802
eISSN 2359-5647
Christiane Wiefels
, Olabimpe Lamai
, Riina Kandolin
, David Birnie
, Eugene Leung, [...]
Christiane Wiefels
, Olabimpe Lamai
, Riina Kandolin
, David Birnie
, Eugene Leung, [...]
Introduction Systemic sarcoidosis (SS) was first described more than a century ago by the Norwegian dermatologist Caesar Boeck. He correlated skin nodules with epithelioid cells with large nuclei and giant cells as “multiple benign sarcoid of the skin”, for their resemblance with sarcoma. Today, the cause of the disease remains unknown, but evidence points toward immunological response to an unidentified antigenic trigger in individuals with genetic susceptibility. The estimation of the prevalence of SS in the population varies in the […]
Keywords: Cardiomyopathies; Sarcoidosis; Heart Failure; Metabolism Disorders; Sudden Cardiac Death; Diagnostic, Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/diagnostic; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/diagnostic