Self-limited myocarditis presenting with chest pain and ST segment elevation in adolescents after vaccination with the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine

Park, Jihyun; R. Brekke, Dona; Bratincsak, Andras

doi:10.1017/s1047951121002547

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Self-limited myocarditis presenting with chest pain and ST segment elevation in adolescents after vaccination with the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine

Published in Cardiology in the Young • Jun 28, 2021

Authors:

Jihyun Park

Dona R. Brekke

Andras Bratincsak

Abstract

Two adolescent males presented within 3 days after the first and second dose of the BNT162b2 vaccine with chest pain. Elevated troponin levels, ST segment elevation, and enhancement of the myocardium in cardiac MRI suggested myocarditis. Left ventricular function remained normal, symptoms resolved, ...

Subject

Medicine

Myocarditis

ST segment

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