30-Year Trends in the Incidence, Characteristics, and Outcome of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in a Nationwide Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is a rare but potentially fatal inflammatory cardiomyopathy.

Objectives

The authors studied temporal changes in the incidence, characteristics, and outcome of CS.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was made of a 30-year nationwide cohort of CS.

Results

The cohort comprised 511 patients with a median age of 52 years and female preponderance (69%). Altogether 77, 166, and 268 cases of CS were diagnosed in years 1988 to 2009, 2010 to 2014, and 2015 to 2019, respectively; the 5-year count of 2015 to 2019 was 134-fold the count of 1990 to 1994 (268/2) and 18-fold the count of 2000 to 2004 (268/15). Prior to 2010, compared with the later periods, CS presented more often with ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation (prevalence 36% vs 19%

SUBMITTER: Poyhonen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11298841 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature