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Abstract The immune system has long been recognized as a key driver in the progression of heart failure (HF). However, clinical trials targeting immune effectors have consistently failed to improve patient outcome across different HF aetiologies. The activation of the immune system in HF is complex, involving a broad network of pro‐inflammatory and ...
Johann Roessler +4 more
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Approximately 30% of patients with sarcoidosis require immunosuppressive therapy to relieve symptoms or prevent organ damage. Prednisone and methotrexate (MTX) are the most commonly used therapies; however, treatment response varies considerably between ...
Raisa Kraaijvanger +9 more
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Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous inflammatory disease, diagnosed through tissue biopsy of involved organs in the absence of other causes such as tuberculosis (TB).
Harvinder Talwar +6 more
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Abstract Aims The prognostic role of high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs‐cTnT) as a biomarker in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) has yet to be fully determined, especially when compared with B‐type natriuretic peptide (BNP). Methods and Results In this post‐hoc analysis of the ILLUMINATE‐CS (ILLUstration of the Management and prognosIs of ...
Yuichi Baba +10 more
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This document answers these questions about sarcoidosis: What is Sarcoidosis, what are the signs and symptoms of sarcoidosis, what is the cause, why do patients with sarcoidosis have stress.
Medical University of South Carolina
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Gastric Sarcoidosis: A Rare Clinical Presentation
Gastrointestinal (GI) sarcoidosis is a very rare disease, which clinically presents along with systemic disease or as an isolated finding. Gastric sarcoidosis is the most common form of GI sarcoidosis. Symptomatic gastric sarcoidosis is rare and only few
Hemasri Tokala +2 more
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Type 2 diabetes risk in sarcoidosis patients untreated and treated with corticosteroids
Background The rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is increased in sarcoidosis patients but it is unknown if corticosteroid treatment plays a role.
Joshua P. Entrop +5 more
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FDG PET/CT imaging and circulating biomarkers of inflammation in desmoplakin cardiomyopathy
Abstract Aims Inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of desmoplakin (DSP) cardiomyopathy, and retrospective studies have described abnormal myocardial fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) findings in symptomatic patients eventually diagnosed with DSP cardiomyopathy.
Sanjay Divakaran +10 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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More than a century ago, Jonathan Hutchingson, a surgeon-dermatologist, identified the first case of sarcoidosis at King's College, London. The disease is now known as a commonplace multisystem disorder characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomata.
Yamamoto, M., Yamakido, M.
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