Outcome of heart transplantation in patients with sarcoid cardiomyopathy.

Background: Cardiac transplantation has been utilized increasingly in patients with sarcoid cardiomyopathy. We sought to review outcomes in patients with sarcoidosis who had heart transplants and compared their outcomes with those of transplanted patients without sarcoidosis.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database to assess the survival of patients with sarcoidosis who were treated by heart transplantation.