Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Multi-discipline Approach

ISBN-13: 9780128223321 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025

Robert Phillip Baughman; Daniel Culver; David Birnie

Spis treści

SECTION I: BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION
1. Cardiac sarcoidosis: past definition and current status
2. Epidemiology of (cardiac) sarcoidosis
3. Immunology of cardiac sarcoidosis
4. Pathology of cardiac sarcoidosis and its mimics

SECTION II: DIAGNOSIS
5. Screening for cardiac sarcoidosis
6. Echocardiography for screening and prognosis
7. MRI imaging for sarcoidosis
8. Nuclear imaging of sarcoidosis
9. Putting it all together: Multi-disciplinary approach
10. Biomarkers for cardiac sarcoidosis

SECTION III: ARRYTHMIAS
11. Pathogenesis and common manifestations
12. Use of electrophysiologic studies and ablation
13. Intra cardiac devices

SECTION IV: TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS
14. Anti-inflammatory therapies
15. Pulmonary hypertension
16. Survival
17. Heart transplant and advanced therapies
18. Patient perspective