2024
Chest computed tomography provides more information than chest X-ray alone in determining extent of physiologic impairment in pulmonary sarcoidosis
Benn B, Lippitt W, Cortopassi I, Balasubramani G, Mortani Barbosa E, Drake W, Herzog E, Gibson K, Chen E, Koth L, Fuhrman C, Lynch D, Kaminski N, Wisniewski S, Carlson N, Maier L. Chest computed tomography provides more information than chest X-ray alone in determining extent of physiologic impairment in pulmonary sarcoidosis. CHEST Journal 2024 PMID: 38830401, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.04.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchScadding stageCT featuresLung functionChest radiologistsCT scanAlpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiencyChest computed tomographyChest CT scanChest X-rayIncreasing clinical useCompare demographic featuresAssociated with FEV1Visual scoring systemSarcoidosis stagePulmonary sarcoidosisChest CTCT findingsAssociated with lung functionCT assessmentComputed tomographySarcoidosisClinical useRadiological measurementsCT measurementsScoring system
2019
Plasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis
Ryu C, Brandsdorfer C, Adams T, Hu B, Kelleher DW, Yaggi M, Manning EP, Walia A, Reeves B, Pan H, Winkler J, Minasyan M, Dela Cruz CS, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Plasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2019, 54: 1801762. PMID: 31273041, PMCID: PMC8088542, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01762-2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrapulmonary diseaseMitochondrial DNAExtracellular mtDNABAL fluidAlpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyPlasma mitochondrial DNAPlasma of patientsAfrican AmericansExtrapulmonary sarcoidosisSarcoidosis cohortSarcoidosis subjectsScadding stageAfrican American descentClinical featuresClinical findingsGranulomatous diseaseHealthy controlsAntitrypsin deficiencyGenomic researchHigher oddsSarcoidosisAggressive phenotypeMechanistic basisDiseaseTherapeutic insightsREPRODUCIBILITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF 18-FLUORO-DEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS
Alvi R, Young B, Shahab Z, Pan H, Winkler J, Herzog E, Miller E. REPRODUCIBILITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF 18-FLUORO-DEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1659. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32265-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research