What Is Cardiac Sarcoidosis?

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory condition that can affect multiple organs. In cardiac sarcoidosis, tiny clusters of immune cells form granulomas in the heart tissue and may interfere with normal heart function.

This can lead to disturbances of the heart rhythm, also known as arrhythmias, such as ventricular tachycardia or heart block. It can also lead to cardiomyopathy or heart failure.

What Are the Symptoms of Cardiac Sarcoidosis?

Symptoms of cardiac sarcoidosis include:

- chest pain;
- fainting (syncope);
- fatigue;
- irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias);
- palpitations;
- shortness of breath;
- swelling of the legs caused by excess fluid.

Symptoms of cardiac sarcoidosis can be life-threatening.

If you have this diagnosis, please share your experience and your path to an effective diagnosis in the comments. Your experience may help save someone’s life.

Dino-Josip Ključarić, MA in Theology