Recognition and Initial Management of Fulminant Myocarditis
Circulation, 2020 Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is an uncommon syndrome characterized by sudden and severe diffuse cardiac inflammation often leading to death resulting from cardiogenic shock, ventricular arrhythmias, or multiorgan system failure. Historically, FM was almost
R. Kociol +9 more
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Myocardial Injury Pattern at MRI in COVID-19 Vaccine–Associated Myocarditis
Radiology, 2022 Background There are limited data on the pattern and severity of myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19 vaccination–associated myocarditis. Purpose To describe myocardial injury following COVID-19 vaccination and to compare these findings to other ...
Matteo Fronza +7 more
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Forensic Sciences Research, 2019 Myocarditis is associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young. However, information on nationwide burden of SCD caused by myocarditis (SCD-myocarditis) is sparse.
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Identifying myocardial injuries in “normal-appearing” myocardium in pediatric patients with clinically suspected myocarditis using mapping techniques [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Mapping techniques using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging have significantly improved the diagnostic accuracy for myocarditis with focal myocardial injuries.
Haipeng Wang +9 more
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Age and sex-specific risks of myocarditis and pericarditis following Covid-19 messenger RNA vaccines
Nature Communications, 2022 Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported following the receipt of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines. As vaccination campaigns are still to be extended, we aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the association, by vaccine and across sex and ...
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and myocarditis or myopericarditis: population based cohort study
British medical journal, 2021 Objective To investigate the association between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and myocarditis or myopericarditis. Design Population based cohort study. Setting Denmark.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Acute myocarditis is a rare but serious complication associated with mRNA-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. In this article, four COVID-19 mRNA vaccination induced myocarditis cases managed at our tertiary Medical Center have been ...
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Myocarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination: clinical observations and potential mechanisms
Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 The risk of acute myocarditis associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccination has garnered intense (social) media attention. However, myocarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination is rare and usually resolves within days or weeks.
S. Heymans, L. Cooper
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Influenza vaccination and myocarditis among patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2019 Background Influenza vaccination (FV) is recommended for patients with cancer. Recent data suggested that the administration of the FV was associated with an increase in immune-related adverse events (irAEs) among patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors
Anju Nohria +36 more
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Coronavirus fulminant myocarditis treated with glucocorticoid and human immunoglobulin
European Heart Journal, 2020 BNP 139ng/L.
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