Main description:

This book will provide, for the first time available, a concise but high yield topic review of cardiac sarcoidosis from risk factors to the development of the disease through treatment options. The book will include concepts that are emerging and those that are now known on the topic, and will use real world examples to help illustrate best practices in the management of this disease entity.

Contents:

Overview of Cardiac Sarcoid.- High Yield Epidemiology.- Pathophysiology: From genetics to viruses and more.- Clinical presentations.- Diagnosis I: Standard Screening.- Diagnosis II: Cardiac MRI.- Diagnosis III: Cardiac PET.- Diagnosis IV: Nuclear Imaging.- Diagnosis V: Biopsy and Invasive Procedures.- Diagnosis VI: Electrophysiology Studies.- Management: Acute management.- Management: Arrhythmias, VT Storm, Heart Block.- Management: Immunosuppresion: When to Treat.- Management: Immunosuppresion: How to Treat.- Management: Defibrillators.- Management: Sarcoid-related Pulmonary Hypertension.- Sarcoid Cases.- Pearls of Wisdom.- The Sarcoid Team Approach.- Conclusions.