Prevalence of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in Patients Presenting with Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology, which involves the heart in 5–25% of cases. Although ventricular tachycardia (VT) has been reported as the first presentation of sarcoidosis, its prevalence has not previously been investigated. In this prospective study, we sought to systematically investigate the prevalence of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) in patients presenting with monomorphic VT (MMVT) and no previous history of sarcoidosis.

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