Comparison of Clinical and Morphologic Findings in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis Severe Enough to Warrant Heart Transplantation in Those With -vs- Those Without Non-Caseating Granulomas in the Explanted Heart (Burnt-Out Sarcoid)

The objective is to compare clinical and morphological features in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis severe enough to warrant OHT with –vs-without non-caseating granulomas in the explanted heart. The study was conducted at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. From a total of 671 explanted hearts examined from 1993 to 2018, twenty-five (4%) had gross morphologic features characteristic of cardiac sarcoidosis.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research