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Cardiac sarcoidosis is a true chameleon of disease in that it can present like many other cardiac and pulmonary conditions and hide the true etiology of sarcoidosis. Manifestations can be as mild as asymptomatic first degree AV block to the more severe and potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmia or high degree heart block, severe valvular disease or cardiomyopathy and heart failure. There is no standard or routine test for cardiac sarcoidosis and its diagnosis depends on an expert team, a careful history and physical, and appropriate testing.
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Weinbeger, H.D. (2015). Clinical Presentations. In: Freeman, A., Weinberger, H. (eds) Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14624-9_3
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