Inpatient characteristics, complications, and outcomes of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis: A study from the National Inpatient Sample

Impact of comorbid heart failure among hospitalized patients with sarcoidosis: A United States population-based cohort study

“…Additionally, similar to our findings, other studies [35] , [45] showed that atrial fibrillation was the most common arrhythmia associated with concomitant HF among sarcoidosis patients. The underlying mechanism underpinning the development of cardiac arrhythmias among sarcoid patients is the scarring associated with the inflammation incited by the sarcoid granuloma leading to conduction abnormalities, and due to its patching involvement, may lead to the development of either atrial or ventricular arrhythmias [44] , [46] , [47] . Taken together, further evaluation for possible sarcoidosis should be pursued among patients with new-onset cardiac arrhythmias in the background of new-onset or worsening HF, without any plausible obvious cause.…”

Trends and Disparities Around Cardiovascular Mortality in Sarcoidosis: Does Big Data Have the Answers?

“…They should be commended for demonstrating that AAMR (1) increased over the 22‐year period, (2) was higher in women, (3) was higher in people with Black ancestry, (4) was highest in the 55‐ to 64‐year‐old cohort, (5) was highest in the South region, (6) was higher in urban regsions, specifically large central metro regions, and (7) was highest in most socioeconomic deprived populations (Table 1 ). 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 …”

Progress for all: addressing disparities in sarcoidosis

“…They also die at a younger age (mean age of death in Black individuals is 52 years vs. 65 years in White individuals) and are more likely to have progressive disease despite a higher likelihood of treatment [3,16]. Sarcoidosis related mortality is highest in the Southern United States with Black individuals in those states recording the highest mortality rates nationally [5,50,51]. While the Southern United States records the highest incidence/prevalence of disease [8] it is important to note that these states have also been shown to have worse overall health rankings and state level health disparities [52].…”