ABSTRACT
The first described case of cardiac sarcoid was published by
Bernstein and associates in 1929. While cardiac sarcoidosis is
more common than previously recognized, the true prevalence
of this condition is unknown owing to the paucity of
symptoms during life. Clinically significant cardiac involve-
ment in truly unselected patients with sarcoidosis is probably
impossible to ascertain, and most published studies have been
carried out postmortem (Roberts et al. 1977; Fleming 1994).
