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Heart failure

A 50-year-old man with sarcoidosis is referred to the outpatient clinic from the respiratory clinic. Which one of the following features would suggest cardiac involvement?

ExplanationCardiac sarcoid is a great mimic and can have a number of presentations. Conduction disease is common, as is sustained ventricular arrhythmia. The ventricular phenotype can be dilated or hypertrophic, as well as demonstrating regional wall motion abnormality and variability in ventricular wall thickness. Pericardial effusions, constriction, and valve disease have all been recognized.