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David R Okada1, Paco E Bravo2, Tomas Vita3, Vikram Agarwal3, Michael T Osborne4, Viviany R Taqueti2, Hicham Skali2, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee5, Sharmila Dorbala2,3, Garrick Stewart2, Marcelo Di Carli2,3, Ron Blankstein6,7.
Abstract
There is accumulating evidence for the existence of a phenotype of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis (ICS), or sarcoidosis that only involves the heart. In the absence of biopsy-confirmed cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), existing diagnostic criteria require the presence of extra-cardiac sarcoidosis as an inclusion criterion for the diagnosis of CS. Consequently, in the absence of a positive endomyocardial biopsy, ICS is not diagnosable by current guidelines. Therefore, there is uncertainty regarding the epidemiology, pathobiology, clinical characteristics, prognosis, and optimal treatment of ICS. This review will summarize the available data related to the prevalence and prognosis of ICS and will discuss challenges surrounding the diagnosis and management of this under-recognized entity.Entities:
Keywords: Cardiac sarcoidosis; cardiac MRI; cardiac PET
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27613395 PMCID: PMC5540795 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0658-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nucl Cardiol ISSN: 1071-3581 Impact factor: 5.952