Risk Stratification in Cardiac Sarcoidosis With Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Although positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is well established for its diagnostic role in cardiac sarcoidosis, less is known about the prognostic value of PET and its use in risk stratification for major adverse cardiac events (MACE).

Objectives: The goal of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the prognostic value of PET imaging in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.

Methods: Study investigators systematically searched EMBASE (Excerpta Medica dataBASE), MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), ClinicalTrials.

Aggressive Cholesterol Pericarditis With Minimal Effusion Masquerading as Treatment-Refractory Autoimmune Disease.

A middle-aged woman with rheumatoid arthritis presented with treatment-refractory pericarditis. Symptoms persisted despite escalation of immunosuppression, and she had recurrent admissions for heart failure. Imaging revealed minimal pericardial effusion and a thickened pericardium.