Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Multi-discipline Approach (1st Edition)

Description

By: Robert Phillip Baughman, Daniel Culver, David Birnie 

Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Multi‑discipline Approach is a comprehensive, clinically driven guide for understanding and managing sarcoidosis of the heart. It reflects the latest diagnostic strategies, imaging modalities, and therapeutic innovations, developed by leading specialists in cardiology, pulmonology, radiology, and immunology.

The book is rooted in the realities of modern multidisciplinary care—providing a robust foundation for clinicians and researchers seeking to diagnose, treat, and improve outcomes for patients with this complex condition.

🔍 Key Features

• Integrated expertise across disciplines: cardiology, electrophysiology, pulmonology, rheumatology, imaging, and pathology

• Rich visual content including cardiac MRI, PET, CT, and histological images to enhance understanding and interpretation

• Clinical decision tools such as diagnostic algorithms, management pathways, and step-by-step therapeutic strategies

• Case-based learning that connects theory to practice and supports clinical reasoning

• Evidence-based guidelines with up-to-date research supporting diagnostic and therapeutic approaches

• Future-focused chapters covering emerging therapies, heart transplantation, and evolving multidisciplinary models of care

👤 Ideal For

• Pulmonologists involved in systemic sarcoidosis care

• Cardiologists (especially heart failure and electrophysiology specialists) managing cardiac complications

• Internal medicine and multidisciplinary sarcoidosis clinics

• Imaging specialists and radiologists interpreting cardiac inflammation

• Researchers focused on inflammatory and autoimmune cardiac conditions

• Fellows, residents, and advanced trainees looking for an authoritative resource in sarcoid cardiomyopathy

🧠 Core Topics Covered

• Etiology, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of cardiac sarcoidosis

• Screening, diagnosis, and biopsy strategies

• Cardiac imaging techniques: MRI, PET, CT, echocardiography

• Electrophysiological manifestations and arrhythmia management

• Device therapy: ICDs, pacemakers, CRT

• Immunosuppressive treatment and long-term care

• Multiorgan sarcoidosis and its cardiovascular implications

• Advanced interventions, including heart transplant

• Patient monitoring, outcome predictors, and research frontiers