Table 1.
Difference Between Cardiac Sarcoidosis Diagnosis Categories According to JCS 2016 and HRS 2014
| Involved Organ of Sarcoidosis |
CS Diagnosis |
This Study |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart |
Other Organs |
JCS 2016 Guideline | HRS 2014 Statement | Total (N = 422) | ||
| Positive EMB Findings | Clinical Sign Manifestations | Positive Biopsy Findings | Clinical Sign Manifestations | |||
| 〇 | 〇 | |||||
| 〇 | 〇 | Histological CS | CS | 77 (18) | ||
| 〇 | ||||||
| 〇 | 〇 | Probable CS | 165 (39) | |||
| 〇 | 〇 | Clinical CS | ||||
| 〇 | Undefined | 180 (43) | ||||
Values are n (%).
CS = cardiac sarcoidosis; EMB = endomyocardial biopsy; HRS = Heart Rhythm Society; JCS = Japanese Circulation Society.