Table 2. Baseline Patient Characteristics.
Study | Total n | Included n | LG E+ (%) |
Age (yrs) |
Mal e (%) |
White (%) | African American (%) |
LV EF (%) |
LV EDV (mL) | Know n extra- cardia c sarcoi d (%) |
Know n cardia c sarcoi d (%) |
Any steroid use (%) |
Syncope (%) | Palpitations (%) | CHF NYHA I-II (%) |
CHF NYHA III (%) |
CHF NYHA IV (%) |
ICD/pacemaker at any point (%) |
Baseline EKG - any BBB (%) |
Baseline EKG - any AV block (%) |
Prior VT (%) |
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Blankstein et al (34) | 118 | 39 | 67 | 51.5±11.2 | 57 | 77 | 16 | 47±16 | 154±90 | 18 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 14 | NR | NR | 54 | 24 | 37 | 20 |
Crawford et al (35) | 51 | 51 | 63 | 51.1±10.3 | 16 | 45 | 47 | 52±9 | 175±55 | 100 | 8 | 47 | 2 | 37 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 27 | 6 | 22 |
Greulich et al (8) | 155 | 153 | 25 | 49.7±13 | 59 | NR | NR | 63 | 126 | 98 | NR | NR | 6 | 30 | NR | NR | NR | 8 | NR | NR | NR |
Murtagh et al (36) | 205 | 205 | 20 | 56±7 | 31 | NR | 59 | 61±5.6 | 72.9±14.9 | 100 | 0 | 47 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Nadel et al (9) | 106 | 10 6 | 30 | 51±12.2 | 57 | NR | NR | 56.6±10.5 | NR | 75 | 30 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | NR | NR | NR |
Nagai et al (10) | 61 | 61 | 13 | 57±15 | 34 | NR | NR | 63.1±7.1 | 104.6±23.9 | 100 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Patel et al (6) | 81 | 81 | 26 | 46±11 | 38 | 26 | 73 | 56 | 101 | 100 | 12 | 91 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | NR |
Poyhonen et al (37) | 86 | 8* | 88 | 51 | 6 | NR | NR | 43 | 77 | 1 | 0 | NR | 3 | 9 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 1 | 10 | 8 |
Shafee et al (38) | 61 | 37 | 70 | 57±12 | 30 | NR | NR | 50±16 | 52±8 | 88 | 100 | NR | NR | NR | 82 | 15 | 3 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Watanabe et al (49) | 19 | 19 | 89 | 58.2±10.9 | 11 | NR | NR | 37.5±19.8 | 175.2±76.4 | 89 | 100 | NR | 5 | 32 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 5 | 37 | NR |
TOTALS | 943 | 760 | 95.3** | 21.6** | |||||||||||||||||
Weighted Mean | 33 | 52.5±10.0 | 48 | 57.8±9.1 | 91.6±16.6 | **% calculated from number of patients | 27.9 | 2.7 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 12.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
NR: Not Reported
8 diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis; others with non-sarcoid cardiomyopathies