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Table 1 Japanese Society of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (JSSOG) 2015 criteria for cardiac sarcoidosis

From: Which is the proper reference tissue for measuring the change in FDG PET metabolic volume of cardiac sarcoidosis before and after steroid therapy?

 

Number of examined patients

Positive

JMHW criteria

38

38(100%)

Major criteria

 a. Advanced AV block

38

20(53%)

 b. Basal thinning of the interventricular septum

38

21(55%)

 c. Positive 18F-FDG uptake in the heart

38

38(100%)

 d. Depressed EF (< 50%)

36

20(56%)

 e. Gadolinium-enhanced CMR imaging

26

25(96%)

Minor criteria

 f. Abnormal ECG findings

38

22(58%)

 g. Nuclear medicine: perfusion defect detected by myocardial scintigraphy

34

30(88%)

 h. Endomyocardial biopsy: interstitial fibrosis

20

3(15%)