Table 2 Clinical findings at baseline for cardiac sarcoidosis, acute and chronic myocarditis patients
Diagnostic feature | Sarcoidosis n = 33 | Acute myocarditis n = 73 | Chronic myocarditis n = 35 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart failure | 15 (45) | 30 (41) | 21 (60) | 0.002 |
Arrhythmia/conduction disturbance | 15 (45) | 20 (27) | 4 (11) | 0.002 |
Chest pain | 3 (9) | 22 (30) | 3 (9) | 0.002 |
Incidental finding/unknown | 0 | 1 (1) | 7 (20) | Â |
Pathological 12 lead ECG | 27 (84) | 56 (77) | 18 (51) | 0.417 |
ST/T changes | 8 (24) | 28 (38) | 7 (20) | 0.002 |
Conduction disturbance | 18 (55) | 12 (16) | 7 (20) | 0.002 |
Ectobic beats/tachycardia | 1 (3) | 16 (22) | 4 (11) | 0.002 |
Symptom duration less than 14 days | 7 (21) | 47 (64) | 0 | < 0.001 |