RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARDIAC 18F-FDG-PET IMAGING AND MYOCARDIAL OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS FOR THE CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY

We investigated whether urinary (U) 8-hydroxy-2¢-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), an oxidative DNA damage marker, was related to inflammatory activity in cardiac sarcoidosis(CS). U-8-OHdG levels were measured in 31 CS patients, classified as active (n = 17) or non-active (n = 14) based on 18F-FDG-PET/CT.