Case Series of Potential Cardiac Inflammation Associated With Various SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations Assessed by Cardiac MRI

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Constantin Jahnke¹  Patrick Doeblin¹  Radu Tanacli¹  Undine Witt¹  Matthias Schneider¹  Christian Stehning⁴  Burkert Pieske¹  Sebastian Kelle¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiology, German Heart Centre Berlin;German Centre for Cardiovascular Research DZHK;Department of Cardiology, Charité University Medicine Berlin;Philips Healthcare Systems

关键词: CMR;    COVID-19;    SARS-CoV-2 vaccination;    myocarditis;    pericarditis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcvm.2022.829392

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Serious adverse events associated with new vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 are of high interest to the public and to public health as a worldwide mass immunization campaign has been initiated to contain the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We describe a series of 4 individuals with signs of a myocarditis/pericarditis according to cardiac MRI results in temporal association with currently in the European Union authorized SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. We found mild abnormal MRI results independent of the type of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. There is a need of continuing monitoring outcomes of myocarditis cases after COVID-19 vaccination as recently published cases suggest an uncomplicated short-term course whereas the long-term implications are not yet known but taking the available evidence into account the benefits of using COVID-19 vaccines still clearly outweigh the risks.

【 授权许可】

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