Myocardial infarction or myocarditis? A case report and review of a myocardial adverse event associated with mRNA vaccine

A 23-year-old man started with chest pain 8 h after his first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination. ECG evaluation showed sinus tachycardia with ST-segment elevation in D1, AVL, V5, and V6, the findings compatible with acute subepicardial myocardial damage. However, cardiac MRI documented myocardial...

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Published in:	Frontiers in medicine Vol. 10; p. 1071239
Main Authors:	Badaró, Roberto, Novaes, Gustavo, Andrade, Ana Cristina, de Araujo Neto, Cesar Augusto, Machado, Bruna Aparecida, Barbosa, Josiane Dantas Viana, Soares, Milena Botelho Pereira
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 02-02-2023
Subjects:	adverse event cardiac disease cardiotoxicity COVID-19 Medicine mRNA vaccine COVID-19 adverse event cardiac disease cardiotoxicity mRNA vaccine
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