Myocarditis Associated with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccinatio

July 20, 2021

Starekova J, Bluemke DA, Bradham WS, Grist TM, Schiebler ML, Reeder SB

Radiology

In this paper they report the MRI findings of myocarditis in five patients who recently received the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. Patients 1–3 received their second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine 2 days, 3 days, and 2 days, respectively, before the onset of chest pain. Patients 4 and 5 received their second dose of mRNA-1273 3 days before the onset of chest pain. The clinical presentation, temporal relationship, lymphadenopathy, and negative history of COVID-19 raise concern for vaccine-associated myocarditis.

Starekova J, Bluemke DA, Bradham WS, Grist TM, Schiebler ML, Reeder SB. Myocarditis Associated with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination. Radiology 2021; 301: E409–11.

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