When would you consider referring a patient with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis based on PET and MRI for endomyocardial biopsy given degree of patchy involvement, as opposed to initiating empiric immunosuppressive therapies?

Is there any utility in ACE levels and/or IL-2 levels in the diagnostic work-up of cardiac sarcoidosis?

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I would avoid initiating empiric immunosuppressive therapies without a firm diagnosis of sarcoidosis. I will mention however that the latest Japanese Circulation Society criteria for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis do include criterion for the non-invasive diagnosis of likely cardiac sarcoidosis based ...

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When would you consider referring a patient with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis based on PET and MRI for endomyocardial biopsy given degree of patchy involvement, as opposed to initiating empiric immunosuppressive therapies?

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