Myocarditis in children after COVID-19 vaccine

Othman A Aljohani; Lisa Arcilla; Neeru Kaushik; Nicole M Cresalia; Boran Li; April A Edwell; Alice M Ramirez; Shafkat Anwar

doi:10.4103/apc.apc_135_21

Myocarditis in children after COVID-19 vaccine

Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 May-Jun;15(3):280-283. doi: 10.4103/apc.apc_135_21. Epub 2022 Nov 16.

Authors

Othman A Aljohani¹, Lisa Arcilla¹, Neeru Kaushik¹, Nicole M Cresalia¹, Boran Li¹, April A Edwell², Alice M Ramirez², Shafkat Anwar^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

Abstract

Three healthy adolescents presented with myocarditis confirmed on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after receiving Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. All patients were hemodynamically stable and had good short-term outcomes. Long-term outcomes are yet to be determined. Larger studies are needed to determine whether an association between Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and myocarditis exists.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Pfizer-BioNTech; mRNA COVID-19 vaccination; myocarditis; pediatric.

Publication types

Case Reports