Arrhythmias in patients with cardiac amyloidosis: a comprehensive review on clinical management and devices

A Briasoulis, C Kourek, A Papamichail, K Loritis… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease in which misfolded
proteins accumulate in the cardiac wall tissue. Heart rhythm disorders in CA, including …

Update on cardiac sarcoidosis

JL Tan, E Bryan, X Tan, JW Cheung, M Ortman… - Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiac sarcoidosis is an inflammatory myocardial disease of unknown etiology. It is
characterized by the deposition of non-caseating granulomas that may involve any part of …

Coronary artery calcium for risk stratification of sudden cardiac death: the coronary artery calcium consortium

AC Razavi, SMI Uddin, ZA Dardari, DS Berman… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a marker of plaque burden. Whether CAC
improves risk stratification for incident sudden cardiac death (SCD) beyond atherosclerotic …

Trends and Disparities Around Cardiovascular Mortality in Sarcoidosis: Does Big Data Have the Answers?

R Ahmed, R Sharma, CAA Chahal - Journal of the American Heart …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown cause characterized by the
presence of nonnecrotizing granulomas. Sarcoidosis affecting the heart, termed cardiac …

Outcomes of catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia in patients with sarcoidosis: insights from the National Inpatient Sample database (2002–2018)

JL Tan, C Jin, JZ Lee, J Gaughan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Data on utilization, major complications, and in‐hospital mortality of catheter
ablation (CA) for sarcoidosis‐related ventricular tachycardia (VT) are limited. We sought to …

Left Main Coronary Artery Calcium and Diabetes Confer Very-High-Risk Equivalence in Coronary Artery Calcium> 1,000

AC Razavi, LJ Shaw, DS Berman, MJ Budoff… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Although a coronary artery calcium (CAC) of≥ 1,000 is a subclinical
atherosclerosis threshold to consider combination lipid-lowering therapy, differentiating very …

Coronary artery calcium and sudden cardiac death: Current evidence and future directions

AC Razavi, SP Whelton, RS Blumenthal… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
High CAC burden is an important risk factor for SCD in asymptomatic middle-aged adults,
suggesting that SCD risk stratification can begin in the early stages of CHD via …

Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure and Sarcoidosis: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database …

R Ahmed, H Sawatari, K Amanullah, J Okafor… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Sarcoidosis is associated with a poor prognosis. There is a lack of data
examining the outcomes and readmission rates of sarcoidosis patients with heart failure …

Enhanced oxidative stress and presence of ventricular aneurysm for risk prediction in cardiac sarcoidosis

R Yoshitomi, S Kobayashi, Y Yano, Y Nakashima… - Heart, 2022 - heart.bmj.com
Objective Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the major cause of death in cardiac sarcoidosis
(CS). We aimed to identify the prognostic markers for sustained ventricular tachycardia (sVT) …

Management of Arrhythmias and Conduction Disorders in Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

K Holcman, A Ząbek, K Boczar, P Podolec… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cardiac amyloidosis, a condition characterized by abnormal protein deposition in the heart,
leads to restrictive cardiomyopathy and is notably associated with an increased risk of …