Cardiac sarcoidosis: phenotypes, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis

J Lehtonen, V Uusitalo, P Pöyhönen… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) results from epithelioid cell granulomas infiltrating the myocardium
and predisposing to conduction disturbances, ventricular tachyarrhythmias, and heart …

The role of echocardiography in the contemporary diagnosis and prognosis of cardiac sarcoidosis: a comprehensive review

J Okafor, R Khattar, R Sharma, V Kouranos - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is a rare inflammatory disorder characterised by the presence of
non-caseating granulomas within the myocardium. Contemporary studies have revealed …

Predictors of outcome in a contemporary cardiac sarcoidosis population: Role of brain natriuretic peptide, left ventricular function and myocardial inflammation

V Kouranos, RS Khattar, J Okafor… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is a potentially fatal condition that varies in its clinical
presentation. Here, we describe baseline characteristics at presentation along with …

Pathophysiological gaps, diagnostic challenges, and uncertainties in cardiac sarcoidosis

L Ueberham, A Hagendorff, K Klingel… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac sarcoidosis can mimic any cardiomyopathy in different stages. Noncaseating
granulomatous inflammation can be missed, because of the nonhomogeneous distribution …

Sex differences in clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis

T Iso, D Maeda, Y Matsue, T Dotare, T Sunayama… - Heart, 2023 - heart.bmj.com
Objective Owing to the paucity of data, this study aimed to investigate sex differences in
clinical features and prognosis of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). Methods This study …

Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: Insights from the ILLUMINATE‐CS study

D Maeda, Y Matsue, T Dotare… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Data on the clinical features and prognosis of patients with isolated cardiac sarcoidosis
(iCS) are limited. This study evaluated the clinical characteristics and prognostic impact of …

Optimal left ventricular ejection fraction in risk stratification of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis

E Hutt, MV Brizneda, G Goldar, J Aguilera… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Identifying patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) who are at an increased risk of
sudden cardiac death (SCD) poses a clinical challenge. We sought to identify the optimal …

Organ involvement and assessment in sarcoidosis

MTHF Janssen, RBM Landewé, MC Post… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
One of the goals in the work-up of sarcoidosis is to assess the extent and severity of organ
involvement. Timely and accurate assessment leads to determination of treatment indication …

Imaging of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: An Update and Future Aspects

P Saric, JP Bois, JR Giudicessi, AN Rosenbaum… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), an increasingly recognized disease of unknown etiology, is
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Given the limited diagnostic yield of …

Cardiac Sarcoidosis—Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

D Korthals, M Bietenbeck, H Könemann… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder of unknown etiology. The leading hypothesis involves
an antigen-triggered dysregulated T-cell-driven immunologic response leading to non …