A significant proportion of cardiac sarcoidosis presentations involve sudden cardiac death, highlighting the danger of undiagnosed cardiac granulomas.
Raises concern for missed CS in SCD; leaves open whether screening improves detection in at-risk populations.
Together fatal and aborted SCD constitute 14% of the presenting manifestations of CS. Nearly two-thirds of all fatalities from CS are caused by undiagnosed granulomas in the heart.
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