The characteristics of Japanese guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis compared with the previous guidelines

Fumio Terasaki; Kengo Kusano; Takatomo Nakajima; Yoshikazu Yazaki; Shin-Ichiro Morimoto; Daniel A Culver; Mitsuaki Isobe

doi:10.36141/svdld.v39i3.12531

The characteristics of Japanese guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis compared with the previous guidelines

Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2022;39(3):e2022028. doi: 10.36141/svdld.v39i3.12531. Epub 2022 Sep 23.

Authors

Fumio Terasaki^{1

2}, Kengo Kusano^{3

2}, Takatomo Nakajima⁴, Yoshikazu Yazaki⁵, Shin-Ichiro Morimoto⁶, Daniel A Culver⁷, Mitsuaki Isobe⁸

Affiliations

¹ Medical Education Center/Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Japan.
² Authors contributed equally to this article.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Japan.
⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saku Central Hospital, Saku, Japan.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
⁷ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH, USA.
⁸ Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

Sarcoidosis in Japanese sarcoidosis is characterized by a high prevalence of cardiac involvement. In this regard, cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) continues to be an important focus of study among physicians caring for sarcoidosis in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and Japan Society of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders (JSSOG) have published clinical guidelines aiming to assist clinical practices. Recently, the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) has published new clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of CS that contain several new insights compared to previously published guidelines in Japan and other countries.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Guidelines; Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis.

Publication types

Editorial