title: Imaging of cardiac sarcoidosis.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease. Cardiac involvement is described in up to 50% of the cases. The disease spectrum is wide and cardiac manifestations ranges from being asymptomatic to heart failure, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. The diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis can be challenging due to its non-specific nature and the focal involvement of the heart. In this review, we discuss the utility of a stepwise approach with multimodality cardiac imaging in the diagnosis and management of CS.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Cardiac PET Centre and Electrophysiology Section, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada - rbeanlands@ottawaheart.ca.
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erthal
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juneau
authors.forename: Siok P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Girish
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: Pablo B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Nery
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnie
authors.forename: Rob S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Beanlands
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed