Among people with cardiac sarcoidosis and implanted heart devices, sustained ventricular arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats that start in the heart’s lower chambers) occurred most often in those with more severe heart involvement, a study in the U.K. showed. Still, about one in five patients with less severe heart involvement, reflected…
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Treatment with the investigational drug efzofitimod — given by infusion once every four weeks — significantly improved general health and lung-related quality of life in adults with pulmonary sarcoidosis while also significantly easing fatigue and numerically reducing the use of oral corticosteroids. Lung function was also preserved among…
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The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) has added nine institutions to its Global Sarcoidosis Clinic Alliance, bringing the international network to 55 member clinics and hospitals working to advance sarcoidosis research and improve patient care. The new members include eight institutions joining the alliance for the first time,…
Becoming educated and informed about sarcoidosis is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
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There is no cure for sarcoidosis yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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