128 Cardiac sarcoidosis: the outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac transplant

What is it about?

Cardiac Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ granulomatosis disease. The diagnosis and management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis can indeed by very challenging and requires a multi-disciplinary approach. We discuss the presentation, diagnosis, management and outcomes of patients presenting with acute Cardiac Sarcoidosis needing cardiac transplant, subsequently.

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Why is it important?

A higher incidence of relapse is noted in the transplanted heart of cardiac sarcoidosis patients undergoing cardiac transplant despite of being on the usual post transplant immunosupressive regimen plus oral steroids. Analysis of a 10 year data of a single Transplant centre in UK.