Myocarditis Temporally Associated With COVID-19 Vaccination

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Fairfax, VA (C.M.R., L.G., B.N.T., M.A., H.B., S.C., A.A.D., S.S.D., A.E., G.M., A. Maghsoudi, I.M.S., M.C.F., M.W.S., S.S.S., C.M.O'C., C.R.d.F.).
² Fairfax Radiology Centers, VA (M.A.).
³ Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (J.A.d.L., A.K., A. Muthukumar).
⁴ Virginia Heart, Falls Church, VA (I.M.S., A. Maghsoudi).
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Duke University, Durham, NC (C.M.O'C.).

Case Reports

Carolyn M Rosner et al. Circulation. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 10;144(6):502-505.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055891. Epub 2021 Jun 16.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Fairfax, VA (C.M.R., L.G., B.N.T., M.A., H.B., S.C., A.A.D., S.S.D., A.E., G.M., A. Maghsoudi, I.M.S., M.C.F., M.W.S., S.S.S., C.M.O'C., C.R.d.F.).
² Fairfax Radiology Centers, VA (M.A.).
³ Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (J.A.d.L., A.K., A. Muthukumar).
⁴ Virginia Heart, Falls Church, VA (I.M.S., A. Maghsoudi).
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Duke University, Durham, NC (C.M.O'C.).

Abstract

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Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; myocarditis.

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