Is there an association between clinical presentation and the location and extent of myocardial involvement of cardiac sarcoidosis as assessed by ¹⁸F- fluorodoexyglucose positron emission tomography?
CS patients with VT displayed significantly higher FDG uptake when compared with those with AVB and asymptomatic controls. Further prospective studies are required to evaluate this finding.
It has been shown for the first time that C4BP is deposited in the diseased aortic valve, coinciding with C3d. The area of C4BP positivity was more extensive compared to the areas of other endogenous complement inhibitors (C1-inhibitor and clusterin).