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Editorial
. 2022 Sep;304(3):563-565.
doi: 10.1148/radiol.220252. Epub 2022 Feb 15.

Postvaccine Myocarditis: A Risk Worth the Reward?

Betty Raman  1 , Stefan Neubauer  1
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Editorial

Postvaccine Myocarditis: A Risk Worth the Reward?

Betty Raman et al. Radiology. 2022 Sep.
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Disclosures of conflicts of interest: B.R. No relevant relationships. S.N. No relevant relationships.

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Dr Betty Raman is an academic cardiologist, British Heart Foundation Transition Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow, and principal investigator at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. She serves on the executive committee of three urgent public health UK COVID-19 follow-up studies and leads the imaging arm (multiorgan MRI) of two of them. She is devoted to understanding the long-term effects of COVID-19 on multiorgan health and improving risk stratification for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Dr Betty Raman is an academic cardiologist, British Heart Foundation Transition Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow, and principal investigator at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. She serves on the executive committee of three urgent public health UK COVID-19 follow-up studies and leads the imaging arm (multiorgan MRI) of two of them. She is devoted to understanding the long-term effects of COVID-19 on multiorgan health and improving risk stratification for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Professor Stefan Neubauer is head of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and director of the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom. His research interests include cardiovascular MR, multiorgan MRI, and novel coronary CT. He has published more than 450 manuscripts, was president of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) (2006–2007), chairman of the British SCMR (2008–2010), and international associate editor of European Heart Journal (2010–2020). Awards and honors include an American Heart Association Paul Dudley White Award (2005), British Cardiovascular Society Thomas Lewis Lecture (2008), European Magnetic Resonance Award (2010), SCMR Gold Medal (2013), and RT Hall Lecture (2017).
Professor Stefan Neubauer is head of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and director of the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom. His research interests include cardiovascular MR, multiorgan MRI, and novel coronary CT. He has published more than 450 manuscripts, was president of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) (2006–2007), chairman of the British SCMR (2008–2010), and international associate editor of European Heart Journal (2010–2020). Awards and honors include an American Heart Association Paul Dudley White Award (2005), British Cardiovascular Society Thomas Lewis Lecture (2008), European Magnetic Resonance Award (2010), SCMR Gold Medal (2013), and RT Hall Lecture (2017).
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