Sarcoidosis is a complex inflammatory disease that causes the harmful accumulation of tiny clumps of cells called granulomas in the body.
Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMOct 30 2023 In most cases, sarcoidosis manifests in the lungs and lymph nodes. However, in approximately 10% of patients, the heart is affected; this condition is known as 'cardiac sarcoidosis .' Although relatively rare, CS can cause life-threatening complications, including arrhythmia, heart failure, or sudden cardiac death.
This seemingly paradoxical finding prompted a research team to investigate the issue in greater detail. The researchers, led by Assistant Professor Daichi Maeda of the Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine at the Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan recently conducted detailed statistical analyses to explain the above findings.
The analysis revealed that patients with iCS were more likely to have a history of atrial fibrillation or heart failure than those with sCS, as well as a lower ventricular ejection fraction and thus more impaired heart function. According to a Cox proportional hazard analysis using an unadjusted model, patients with iCS were more likely to have a worse prognosis than patients with sCS based on the defined primary outcome.
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