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Editor, Senior Moderator
Can J Cardiol
. 2021 Jun 9;S0828-282X(21)00286-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.05.010. Online ahead of print.
Myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Vaccine-induced Reaction?
Tommaso D'Angelo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Antonino Cattafi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria Ludovica Carerj[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Christian Booz[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Giorgio Ascenti[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Giuseppe Cicero[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alfredo Blandino[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Silvio Mazziotti[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Vaccination plays an important role in the fight against the current pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, in order to minimize the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its life-threatening complications. Myocarditis has been reported as a possible and rare adverse consequence of different vaccines, and its clinical presentation can range from influenza-like symptoms to acute heart failure. We report a case of a 30-year-old male who presented progressive dyspnea and constrictive retrosternal pain after receiving SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Cardiac magnetic resonance and laboratory data revealed typical findings of acute myopericarditis.
Keywords: COVID-19; MRI; autoimmunity; myocarditis; vaccine.
. 2021 Jun 9;S0828-282X(21)00286-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.05.010. Online ahead of print.
Myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Vaccine-induced Reaction?
Tommaso D'Angelo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Antonino Cattafi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria Ludovica Carerj[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Christian Booz[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Giorgio Ascenti[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Giuseppe Cicero[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alfredo Blandino[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Silvio Mazziotti[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34118375
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.05.010
Abstract
Vaccination plays an important role in the fight against the current pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, in order to minimize the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its life-threatening complications. Myocarditis has been reported as a possible and rare adverse consequence of different vaccines, and its clinical presentation can range from influenza-like symptoms to acute heart failure. We report a case of a 30-year-old male who presented progressive dyspnea and constrictive retrosternal pain after receiving SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Cardiac magnetic resonance and laboratory data revealed typical findings of acute myopericarditis.
Keywords: COVID-19; MRI; autoimmunity; myocarditis; vaccine.