Sarcoidosis: Yet Another Masquerader The Cardiologist / Electrophysiologist Has To Fight With
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Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology characterized by infiltration of non caseating granulomas in multiple organ systems. Sarcoidosis can have a plethora of cardiac manifestations which can mimic many other cardiovascular conditions ranging from asymptomatic electrocardiographic manifestations to life threatening arrhythmias resulting in sudden cardiac death. Even more than a century after the first description of the disease by Norwegian dermatologist Caeser Boeck in 1899 [1], the aetiology of the disease remain elusive.
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