Richard K Cheng, Michelle M Kittleson, Craig J Beavers, David H Birnie, Ron Blankstein, Paco E Bravo, Nisha A Gilotra, Marc A Judson, Kristen K Patton, Leonie Rose-Bovino
Cardiac sarcoidosis is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy that results from granulomatous inflammation of the myocardium and may present with high-grade conduction disease, ventricular arrhythmias, and right or left ventricular dysfunction. Over the past several decades, the prevalence of cardiac sarcoidosis has increased. Definitive histological confirmation is often not possible, so clinicians frequently face uncertainty about the accuracy of diagnosis. Hence, the likelihood of cardiac sarcoidosis should be thought of as a continuum (definite, highly probable, probable, possible, low probability, unlikely) rather than in a binary fashion...
April 18, 2024: Circulation