| Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease | | | | - Echocardiography |
| characterized by the formation of granuloma, primarily | | | | - Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| in the lungs. It can affect any organ in the body. | | | | Part 4. Electrocardiographic abnormalities |
| In this article we will look into sarcoidosis with heart | | | | Common ECG manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis |
| involvement, the basic facts but also the exciting news | | | | are: Rhythm disturbances, premature ventricular |
| in the treatment of the disease. | | | | contractions and ST-T wave changes. |
| Part 1. Frequency of cardiac sarcoidosis | | | | Part 5: Occurrence of sudden death in heart |
| It was first estimated that five in every hundred | | | | sarcoidosis |
| patients with sarcoidosis develops heart involvement. | | | | Of all the deaths that happen due to heart sarcoidosis |
| But recently, there have been studies that show | | | | 35 to 65% are sudden deaths due to ventricular |
| evidence that the number is actually much higher, even | | | | tachyarrhythmias. |
| 20 to 30. | | | | Part 6: Simulated Myocardial Infarction |
| Part 2. Survival expectancy in cardiac sarcoidosis | | | | This is fairly rare in patients with heart sarcoidosis but |
| This is something that has generated a lot of opinion | | | | is recorded in medical practice. |
| clashes. Studies show that the 77 % of sarcoidosis | | | | Part 7. Other manifestations and heart sarcoidosis |
| related death is due to heart sarcoidosis. The reported | | | | Patients with cardiac sarcoidosis may present with an |
| 5-year life expectancy in cardiac sarcoidosis is 40 to | | | | illness resembling acute myocarditis and occasionally |
| 50%. | | | | patients have ventricular aneurysm. |
| Part 3. Diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis | | | | Part 8. Exciting news in the field of alternative |
| It is not easy to diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis. The | | | | treatment of sarcoidosis research |
| symptoms range from arrhythmias and chest pain and | | | | Heart sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis itself is less a |
| even heart block or heart failure. | | | | mystery with every day that goes by.The issue with |
| Some tests that you can expect if your doctor | | | | sarcoidosis by now was the lack of knowledge in |
| suspects of cardiac sarcoidosis. | | | | modern medicine on the causes of the disease. But, |
| - Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) | | | | lately, some exciting news has been reported on the |
| - Holter monitoring | | | | discoveries of underlying chemical causes. Based on |
| - Nuclear imaging (with thallium) | | | | this, a new natural treatment protocol the Aden |
| - Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) | | | | Protocol, is fashioned which was reported to have an |
| - Heart biopsy | | | | amazing success rate in skin sarcoidosis. |