Case report: disappearance of late gadolinium enhancement and full functional recovery in a young patient with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-related myocarditis
Acute myocarditis was recently demonstrated in previously healthy young male patients after receipt of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Herein, we report on a 21-year-old man who presented with acute fatigue, myalgia, and chest pain 2 days after his second SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with BNT162b2. Cardiac magn...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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08 March 2022
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Pages: 1-3 |
| ISSN: | 2297-055X |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fcvm.2022.852931 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.852931 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.852931 
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| Author Notes: | Grigorios Korosoglou, Peter Nunninger and Sorin Giusca |
| Summary: | Acute myocarditis was recently demonstrated in previously healthy young male patients after receipt of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Herein, we report on a 21-year-old man who presented with acute fatigue, myalgia, and chest pain 2 days after his second SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with BNT162b2. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) showed acute myocarditis, with mildly impaired LV-function and abundant subepicardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). Control CMR after 3 months showed full functional recovery and complete disappearance of LGE. The benefits of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may significantly exceed the very rare and, in this case, fully reversible adverse effects. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 03.02.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2297-055X |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fcvm.2022.852931 |