KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — A study suggested that electrocardiogram screening should be performed in patients with sarcoidosis-associated uveitis because life-threatening cardiac involvement may be present even without symptoms.
“Up to 25% of deaths in sarcoidosis are related to cardiac arrhythmias or cardiac abnormalities, and there is not a lot of literature about how to detect these,” Ethan Joseph, MD, said at Kiawah Eye.
Investigators gathered data from 232 patients with sarcoidosis-associated uveitis seen at the Medical University of South Carolina Storm Eye Institute and the