TY - JOUR T1 - Inactive cardiac sarcoidosis with characteristic findings on cardiac MRI JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2013-201462 VL - 2013 SP - bcr2013201462 AU - Yusuke S Hori AU - Satoshi Kodera AU - Hiroto Oshima AU - Junji Kanda Y1 - 2013/10/31 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-201462.abstract N2 - Sarcoidosis has an active inflammatory phase and an inactive fibrotic phase. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and gallium (67Ga) scintigraphy are known to be useful for detecting its active phase1 but not its inactive phase. Delayed enhancement with gadolinium during cardiac MRI is a useful modality for detecting cardiac sarcoidosis2 and can reveal inactive fibrotic lesions.3 In this case, a 66-year-old woman had gradually decreased her ejection fraction (<50%) with regional dyskinesia on … ER -