A NOVEL “PRESUMED” CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS CATEGORIZATION IDENTIFIES A HIGH RISK COHORT NOT OTHERWISE MEETING PUBLISHED CRITERIA

Current Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) guidelines regarding the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) require histologic evidence of sarcoidosis. Due to limitations of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) and variable extra-cardiac involvement, CS may be under-diagnosed. Patients evaluated for CS (n=277) were