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Case Studies

Ventricular fibrillation as an initial manifestation of cardiac sarcoidosis

Azka Latifa Department of Internal Medicine, CHI Health Creighton University, Omaha, NebraskaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Apurva D. Patela Department of Internal Medicine, CHI Health Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
, MD,
Jason Kuniyoshia Department of Internal Medicine, CHI Health Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
, MD,
Vikas Kapoora Department of Internal Medicine, CHI Health Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
, MD,
Gaurav Aggarwalb Department of Internal Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey
, MD,
Behram Ahmed Khanc Department of Cardiology, University of Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
, MBBS &
Nancy Kostera Department of Internal Medicine, CHI Health Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
, MD show all
Pages 655-657 | Received 15 May 2020, Accepted 18 Jun 2020, Published online: 13 Jul 2020

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