Demystifying Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Global Clinician’s Guide
Demystifying Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Global Clinician’s Guide Introduction Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), a serious manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis, is characterized by granulomatous infiltration of the heart. Though only 5 % of sarcoidosis patients have clinically overt cardiac involvement, up to 25–30 % are found to have cardiac lesions on autopsy or advanced imaging frontiersin.org . CS is globally underrecognized but can result in conduction blocks, arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden death if not promptly diagnosed and managed mdpi.com +1 en.wikipedia.org +1 . This article explores the latest science, guided by the recent work “Serial 18F-FDG PET to evaluate infliximab in steroid‑refractory cardiac sarcoidosis” sciencedirect.com +1 cdt.amegroups.org +1 , and synthesizes current understanding across disease domains. Epidemiology · Incidence & Prevalence o Sarcoidosis affects approx...