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

Indian Heart J. 2022 Mar-Apr;74(2):148-150. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2021.12.012. Epub 2022 Jan 31.

Abstract

Although seen in ∼5% of sarcoidosis patients, cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) accounts for nearly 25% of disease-related deaths. This study aimed to describe characteristics and outcomes among CS patients. Patients diagnosed with CS in 2016-2017 in the US National Inpatient Sample Database were evaluated to study patient characteristics, reasons ascribed to admission, in-hospital outcomes, and complications. A total of 2420 patients (median age 56 years) were included in the analysis. Most admissions occurred due to ventricular tachycardia (12.8%), followed by myocarditis (9.9%) with a mean length of stay of 7 ± 7 days. The overall incidence of in-hospital mortality was 2.5%.

Keywords: Cardiac sarcoidosis; Mechanical circulatory support; Outcomes.

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathies* / complications
  • Cardiomyopathies* / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathies* / epidemiology
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Inpatients
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocarditis* / complications
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sarcoidosis* / complications
  • Sarcoidosis* / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis* / epidemiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular* / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular* / epidemiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular* / etiology