Utility of new FDG-PET/CT guidelines for diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis in patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers for atrioventricular block.

ABSTRACT: Diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), especially in isolated cases, is challenging, particularly due to the limitations of endomyocardial biopsy, leading to potential undiagnosed cases in pacemaker-implanted patients. This study aims to provide real world findings to support new guideline for CS using 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron-emission tomography computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) which give a definite diagnosis of isolated CS (iCS) without histological findings. We examined consecutive patients with cardiac pacemakers for atrioventricular block (AV-b) attending our outpatient pacemaker clinic. The patients underwent periodical follow-up echocardiography and were divided into two groups according to echocardiographic findings: those with suspected CS and those without suspected CS. Pat

SUBMITTER: Tanabe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10991404 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature