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Echocardiographic evidence of posteromedial hypokinesis of the left ventricle in relation to mitral regurgitation in cardiac sarcoidosis

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We describe herein the case of a 49-year-old female patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis (stage II) with cardiac manifestation. This consisted of systolic dysfunction without dilatation of the left ventricle and severe mitral insufficiency, possibly due to thinning of the posteromedial left ventricular free wall, based on our echocardiographic observations.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, University Campus, 45110, Ioannina, Greece

    Christos S. Katsouras, Kirstin Achenbach, Theophilos Kolettis, John A. Goudevenos & Lampros K. Michalis

  2. Michailideion Cardiology Center, 45110, Ioannina, Greece

    Christos S. Katsouras & Lampros K. Michalis

  3. Department of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece

    Christina Leontaridou, George Maglaras, Miltiadis P. Vassiliou & Stavros H. Constantopoulos

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Katsouras, C., Leontaridou, C., Achenbach, K. et al. Echocardiographic evidence of posteromedial hypokinesis of the left ventricle in relation to mitral regurgitation in cardiac sarcoidosis. Heart Vessels 21, 382–384 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-006-0911-7

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