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Given the end-stage nature of the patient's right ventricular failure and her dependence on inotropic agents, she underwent urgent listing and subsequent heart transplantation. Pathologic examination of the explanted heart revealed isolated right ventricular sarcoidosis with replacement fibrosis. Biopsy samples of the cardiac allograft 6 months after transplantation showed no recurrence of sarcoidosis. This atypical presentation of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis posed a considerable diagnostic challenge. In addition to discussing the patient's case, we review the relevant medical literature and discuss the need for updated differential diagnostic criteria for end-stage right ventricular failure that mimics arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.14503\/thij-12-3086","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,4,1]],"date-time":"2014-04-01T16:43:24Z","timestamp":1396370604000},"page":"203-207","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Right Ventricular Sarcoidosis: Is It Time for Updated Diagnostic Criteria?"],"prefix":"10.14503","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Kairav","family":"Vakil","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elina","family":"Minami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniel P.","family":"Fishbein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"5628","reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"i0730-2347-41-2-203-b1","series-title":"Circ J","first-page":"169","article-title":"Cardiac sarcoidosis mimicking right ventricular dysplasia","volume":"67","year":"2003","unstructured":"Shiraishi\n              J\n            , TatsumiT, ShimooK, KatsumeA, ManiH, KobaraM, et al. 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