PRONOSTIC OF SARCOIDOSIS SYMPTOMATIC CARD IOMYOPATHY - A STUDY ABOUT 10 CASES

This study illustrated 10 cases of sarcoidosic symptomatic cardiomyopa thy. All sarcoidosis were confirmed by histology, One was revealed by cardiological signs. Extracardiological manifestations were non specif ic, as well cardiological and electrical signs, ECG were abnormal in o nly 70 % of cases. Echocardiography and thallium scintigraphy with dip yramidol test were always abnormal. No sudden death appeared in our se ries. As opposed to all cases in litterature, all patients, but one, r esponded positively to corticotherapy, These results can be explained by high doses of prednisolone associated, when non effective, to anoth er immunosuppressive agent.