Raheel Ahmed, Hiroyuki Sawatari, Khadija Amanullah, Joseph Okafor, Syed Emir Irfan Wafa, Saurabh Deshpande, Kamleshun Ramphul, Isma Ali, Mohammed Khanji, Sebastian Mactaggart, Omar AbouEzzeddine, Vasilis Kouranos, Rakesh Sharma, Virend K Somers, Selma F Mohammed, C Anwar A Chahal
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 (SwHF) and without heart failure (SwoHF). We aimed to compare the impact of non-ischemic heart failure on outcomes and readmissions in these two groups. METHODS: The US Nationwide Readmission Database was queried from 2010-2019 for SwHF and SwoHF patients identified using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Editions...
April 6, 2024: American Journal of Medicine