Imaging for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Ghazaleh Mehdipoor (Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), New York, NY, USA)
Sabahat Bokhari (Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA)
Martin R. Prince (1- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine 2- Department of Radiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA)

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018)

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous condition, primarily affecting the lungs and thoracic lymph nodes. Clinical cardiac involvement might occur in 2 to 5% of patients with sarcoidosis, and can be associated with serious complications including heart block, cardiomyopathy, ventricular arrhythmias, and potentially death. Timely diagnosis helps initiate treatment before cardiac damage becomes irreversible. In this brief review, we discuss imaging updates for diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac sarcoidosis.