UNI-MB - logo
UMNIK - logo
 
E-resources
Peer reviewed Open access
  • Cardiac Sarcoidosis Is Unco...
    Richard, Mael; Jamilloux, Yvan; Courand, Pierre-Yves; Perard, Laurent; Durel, Cécile-Audrey; Hot, Arnaud; Burillon, Carole; Durieu, Isabelle; Gerfaud-Valentin, Mathieu; Kodjikian, Laurent; Seve, Pascal

    Journal of clinical medicine, 05/2021, Volume: 10, Issue: 10
    Journal Article

    Recently, concerns have been raised about an increased risk of cardiac sarcoidosis in patients with sarcoid uveitis. While cardiac sarcoidosis has a high mortality burden, there is still a lack of precise data on this association. The objective of this study is to describe the frequency and type of cardiac complications associated with sarcoidosis of a large cohort of patients with sarcoid uveitis. We analyzed the cardiac outcomes of a monocentric retrospective cohort of consecutive adults with a diagnosis of sarcoid uveitis between January 2004 and March 2020 in a tertiary French university hospital. A total of 294 patients with a final diagnosis of sarcoid uveitis were included. At final follow-up, seven (2.4%) patients of the cohort had cardiac sarcoidosis. Cardiac sarcoidosis was more frequent among patients with previously reported systemic sarcoidosis (p = 0.008). The prevalence of cardiac sarcoidosis among patients with sarcoid uveitis is low, but patients with previously diagnosed sarcoidosis or those who develop systemic sarcoidosis during follow-up appear to be at increased risk.