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. 2024 Mar 12;149(11):885-887.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066962. Epub 2024 Mar 11.

End-Stage Heart Failure in Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Diana Velikanova  1 , Pauli Pöyhönen  1   2 , Jukka Lehtonen  1 , Piia Simonen  1 , Valtteri Uusitalo  2   3 , Tapani Vihinen  4 , Kari Kaikkonen  5 , Petri Haataja  6 , Tuomas Kerola  7 , Tuomas T Rissanen  8 , Ville Vepsäläinen  9 , Aleksi Alatalo  10 , Päivi Pietilä-Effati  11 , Markku Kupari  1
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End-Stage Heart Failure in Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Diana Velikanova et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiomyopathy; heart failure; sarcoidosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures Dr Uusitalo reports advisory board activity with and lecture honoraria from GE Healthcare and Pfizer. Dr Lehtonen reports lecture honoraria from Pfizer. The other authors report no conflicts.

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Figure.
Incidence graphs for end-stage heart failure in a 30-year Finnish cohort of biopsy-proven, clinically manifest cardiac sarcoidosis. A, Cumulative incidence in the entire group of 512 patients. B through D, Comparisons of respective graphs across the subgroups of CS stratified by presenting echocardiographic left ventricular ejection fraction (B), elevation of cardiac troponins greater than the reference range (C), and elevation of either brain natriuretic peptide >100 ng/L or N-terminal natriuretic propeptide (NT-proBNP (N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide) >400 ng/L (D). End-stage heart failure was defined as referral for heart transplantation or death from terminal heart failure. Group comparisons were made using the Gray test. Shaded areas represent 95% CI.
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