We read with great interest the profound and instructive review by Gilotra et al. on cardiac sarcoidosis.1 However, we were surprised to see no comment on the raised possibility that steroids might precipitate electrical instability.2 Ventricular tachyarrhythmias and electric storm have been reported to frequently occur in the first 12 months after initiation of corticosteroid therapy.3 This is an issue of clinical importance and it would have been useful to include this in the review along with a commentary from the authors.
Comment on ‘Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in 2020’
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Correspondence Details:Socrates Korovesis, Department of Cardiology, Hygeia Hospital, 15123 Athens, Greece. E: skorovessis64@gmail.com
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