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Myocarditis Following a COVID-19 Messenger RNA Vaccination: A Japanese Case Series.
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Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2022 Feb 15; Vol. 61 (4), pp. 501-505. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 27. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis has been reported worldwide. We herein report two Japanese cases with suspected vaccine-related myocarditis. A 27-year-old man was admitted with chest pain 4 days after the second vaccination. An electrocardiogram (ECG) did not reveal any significant abnormalities. The second patient, a 37-year-old man, was admitted with chest pain 9 days after the first vaccination. His ECG exhibited ST-elevation in multiple leads. In both cases, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings were consistent with myocarditis. They recovered with symptomatic relief within a few days. These cases suggest that the benefit of COVID-19 vaccination exceeds the risk of vaccine-related myocarditis.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1349-7235
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34840235
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8731-21