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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2022 Apr 25;14(4):e24477.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.24477. eCollection 2022 Apr.
COVID-19 Vaccination-Induced Cardiomyopathy Requiring Permanent Left Ventricular Assist Device
Muhammad Z Khan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Scott Janus[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sona Franklin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vincent Figueredo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Abdul Baqi[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Rene Alvarez[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Myocarditis was identified as a rare but serious adverse event that can occur after mRNA-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination, particularly in young males. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we report a case of a young obese male without multiple comorbidities who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have severe myocarditis/cardiomyopathy, which was likely due to mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination. The patient had left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation during hospitalization. Myocarditis/cardiomyopathy may be a rare complication of the mRNA-based COVID vaccine; however, one should maintain a high index of suspicion that these vaccines may cause irreversible cardiomyopathy if the patient had prior COVID-19 infection.
Keywords: covid-19; covid-19 and cardiomyopathy; covid-19 vaccination; lvad; myocarditis.
. 2022 Apr 25;14(4):e24477.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.24477. eCollection 2022 Apr.
COVID-19 Vaccination-Induced Cardiomyopathy Requiring Permanent Left Ventricular Assist Device
Muhammad Z Khan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Scott Janus[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sona Franklin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vincent Figueredo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Abdul Baqi[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Rene Alvarez[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35651464
- PMCID: PMC9132740
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.24477
Abstract
Myocarditis was identified as a rare but serious adverse event that can occur after mRNA-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination, particularly in young males. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we report a case of a young obese male without multiple comorbidities who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have severe myocarditis/cardiomyopathy, which was likely due to mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination. The patient had left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation during hospitalization. Myocarditis/cardiomyopathy may be a rare complication of the mRNA-based COVID vaccine; however, one should maintain a high index of suspicion that these vaccines may cause irreversible cardiomyopathy if the patient had prior COVID-19 infection.
Keywords: covid-19; covid-19 and cardiomyopathy; covid-19 vaccination; lvad; myocarditis.