title: Recovery of Transient High-Grade Atrioventricular Block Managed With Corticosteroid Therapy Without Device Implantation in Newly Diagnosed Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Case Report
abstract: Atrioventricular blocks (AVBs) presenting in cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) remain an ongoing challenge for clinicians. While most initiate immunosuppressive therapy with the goal of pursuing device implantation, there is some ambiguity as to which patient cohorts actually benefit from device therapy. We present a case of a 39-year-old African American male with a past medical history of hypertension and no prior cardiac history who presented with substernal chest pain in the setting of a hypertensive
journal: Cureus