Long-term results of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in cardiac sarcoidosis

Background: In a pilot study (Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis, in press), we identified cardiac affection – diagnosed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) – to be present in 29 of 188 Caucasian patients (15.4%) with histologically proven, extracardiac sarcoidosis. Aim: To evaluate the long-term potential of CMR results by longitudinal follow-up of the study cohort. Methods: Out of the initial 29 patients, 25 patients (51.6 ± 10.3 years, 56% male) with CMR-based diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis were re-examined and underwent a second CMR at 12 months. Complementary 12-lead ECG, echocardiography, pulmonary…