Sarcoidosis-related cardiomyopathy: current knowledge, challenges, and future perspectives state-of-the-art review

NA Gilotra, JM Griffin, N Pavlovic, BA Houston… - Journal of cardiac …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prevalence of sarcoidosis-related cardiomyopathy is increasing. Sarcoidosis impacts
cardiac function through granulomatous infiltration of the heart, resulting in conduction …

Perspectives on mycophenolate mofetil in the management of autoimmunity

R Bhat, A Tonutti, S Timilsina, C Selmi… - Clinical Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Before becoming a cornerstone in the treatment of numerous immune-mediated diseases,
mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was first introduced as an immunosuppressive agent in …

Sex and race differences in cardiac sarcoidosis presentation, treatment and outcomes

C Duvall, N Pavlovic, NS Rosen, AL Wand… - Journal of cardiac …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Although sex-and race-based patterns have been described in the extracardiac
organ involvement of sarcoidosis, cardiac sarcoidosis (CS)-specific studies are lacking …

Effect of immunosuppressive therapy and biopsy status in monitoring therapy response in suspected cardiac sarcoidosis

C Rojulpote, A Bhattaru, C Jean, SL Adams… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background Patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis frequently undergo
fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)–positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) …

Update on cardiac sarcoidosis

JL Tan, E Bryan, X Tan, JW Cheung, M Ortman… - Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiac sarcoidosis is an inflammatory myocardial disease of unknown etiology. It is
characterized by the deposition of non-caseating granulomas that may involve any part of …

Cardiac sarcoidosis outcome differences: a comparison of patients with de novo cardiac versus known extracardiac sarcoidosis at presentation

NS Rosen, N Pavlovic, C Duvall, AL Wand, JM Griffin… - Respiratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by granulomatous
inflammation. Cardiac involvement is associated with increased morbidity. However …

Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

RK Cheng, MM Kittleson, CJ Beavers, DH Birnie… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac sarcoidosis is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy that results from granulomatous
inflammation of the myocardium and may present with high-grade conduction disease …

[HTML][HTML] Controversies in the treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis

ON Obi, EE Lower, RP Baughman - Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis, and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There are many challenging aspects of the management of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) with
corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive therapy (IST). First, it is not always clear who …

[HTML][HTML] Current state and future directions of multimodality imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis

AL Wand, J Chrispin, E Saad, M Mukherjee… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is an increasingly recognized cause of heart failure and
arrhythmia. Historically challenging to identify, particularly in the absence of extracardiac …

Cardiac sarcoidosis: current approaches to diagnosis and management

KF Rosario, K Brezitski, K Arps, M Milne, J Doss… - Current Allergy and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is an important cause of non-ischemic
cardiomyopathy and has specific diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. With advances …