Daniel Sykora, Andrew N Rosenbaum, Robert A Churchill, B Michelle Kim, Mohamed Y Elwazir, John P Bois, John R Giudicessi, Melanie Bratcher, Kathleen A Young, Sami M Ryan, Alan M Sugrue, Ammar M Killu, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, Suraj Kapa, Abhishek J Deshmukh, Omar F Abou Ezzeddine, Leslie T Cooper, Konstantinos C Siontis
BACKGROUND: The 2014 HRS consensus statement defines histological (definite) and clinical (probable) diagnostic categories of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), but few studies have compared their arrhythmic phenotypes and outcomes. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the electrophysiologic/arrhythmic phenotype and outcomes of patients with definite and probable CS. METHODS: We analyzed the arrhythmic/electrophysiologic phenotype in a single-center North American cohort of 388 patients (median age 56 years, 39% female) diagnosed with definite (n=58) or probable (n=330) CS (2000-2022)...
April 6, 2024: Heart Rhythm: the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society