ASYSTOLIC ARREST AS A PRESENTATION OF SARCOIDOSIS

A 41-year-old man who presented with a history of sudden loss of consc iousness suffered two further episodes during which asystole was docum ented. Subsequent investigations included exercise stress testing, tha llium scintigraphy, electrophysiological studies, CT-scan of chest, Kv eim test and a gallium-67 scan, which led to a presumptive diagnosis o f averted sudden death as a first presentation of sarcoidosis with pri mary cardiac involvement.