Myocarditis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

• DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2021.1990743
• Publication Date: 2021-11-16T06:01:57Z
• Authors: Kanak Parmar; Poemlarp Mekraksakit; Gaspar Del Rio-Pe...; Pooja Sethi; Arunee Motes; Megan Hughes; Jason Wischmeyer; Luis Carbajal; Erwin Argueta Sosa
• Keywords: Acute myocarditis

Messenger RNA vaccines are the main COVID-19 authorized for use in United States. Side effects typically minor and transient. We report a case series of four subjects with an acute myocarditis-like illness following mRNA vaccination who were hospitalized at our hospital Lubbock, Texas. Three patients young men presented chest pain after second dose mRNA-1273 vaccine. Another patient was 53-year-old white woman left arm 3 days first She later found to have decompensated heart failure, endomyocardial biopsy revealed eosinophilic injury-mediated myocarditis.