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. 2021 Jun 14;8(7):002681.
doi: 10.12890/2021_002681. eCollection 2021.

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine and Myocarditis

Balraj Singh  1 , Parminder Kaur  2 , Leon Cedeno  3 , Taulant Brahimi  3 , Prem Patel  2 , Hartaj Virk  2 , Fayez Shamoon  2 , Manesh Bikkina  2
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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine and Myocarditis

Balraj Singh et al. Eur J Case Rep Intern Med. .

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is believed to have originated in the Hua nan South China Seafood Market in Wuhan and can present with a spectrum of clinical manifestations. We report the case of 24-year-old male patient who developed chest pain after administration of the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and who was diagnosed with myocarditis on work-up.

Learning points: Localized injection site reactions and systemic adverse effects can occur after administration of the various COVID-19 vaccines.Healthcare providers should maintain a high index of suspicion regarding myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in the appropriate clinical scenario.

Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccine; SARS-CoV-2; adverse events; inflammation of the heart; myocarditis; pericarditis; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; side effects.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interests: The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Figures

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Figure 1
Electrocardiogram showing normal sinus rhythm, a normal axis, 76 beats per minute and a 1-mm ST-depression in lead III
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with and without contrast showed linear sub-epicardial enhancement involving the lateral wall of the left ventricle consistent with acute myocarditis: STIR image (panel A) and T2 image (panel B)
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