Title: Cardiac Sarcoidosis<br/>Author: Semhar Tewelde<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/352/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
<strong><u>Cardiac Sarcoidosis</u></strong></p>
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- Cardiac Sarcoidosis (CS) is reported to involve ~2-5% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis. An increasing proportion of patients are presenting with isolated CS.</p>
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- Isolated CS is associated with a higher female predominance; severe LV involvement, heart failure, and poor prognosis.</p>
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- Manifestations range from symptomatic conduction disturbances, dysrhythmias, progressive heart failure, and silent myocardial granulomas - leading to sudden cardiac death.</p>
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- CS is a serious condition with a quoted 5-year survival ~60-75%.</p>
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- Corticosteroid therapy is considered cornerstone in management, but evidence is largely observational and no randomized trials have been performed to date.</p>
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Kandolin R, Lehtonen J, et al. Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Circulation 131 (7) Feb. 2015.</p>
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