Main description:

In the past 5 years, there has been a tremendous increase in interest regarding diagnosis and management the cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis. This includes new imaging techniques, new evidence-based guidelines regarding diagnosis and treatment, as well as results of registries providing information regarding the outcome of disease. With this new information, the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis has become better served. Many centres are now developing multi-disciplinary clinics and conferences to evaluate and treat these patients. These clinics highlight the problem that many different specialities are involved in the care of these patients. A book focusing on the different aspects of the disease will give a reference source for these efforts.

Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Multi-discipline Approach focuses on an important aspect of sarcoidosis: cardiac involvement. From pathology to diagnosis and screening of the disease through treatment options, the book comprehensively reviews known knowledge and explores emerging topics in the field, accompanied by illustrative cases and evidence-based recommendations in outlining the best disease management practices. The book is written by international experts in the field and serves as an essential reference for both clinicians and researchers on cardiac sarcoidosis.

Contents:

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