A case of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination: incidental or consequential?

Leona S Alizadeh; Vitali Koch; Ibrahim Yel; Leon D Grünewald; Daniel Mathies; Simon Martin; Thomas J Vogl; Dominic Rauschning; Christian Booz

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09537

A case of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination: incidental or consequential?

Heliyon. 2022 May 28;8(6):e09537. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09537. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Leona S Alizadeh^{1

2

3}, Vitali Koch^{1

2}, Ibrahim Yel^{1

2}, Leon D Grünewald^{1

2}, Daniel Mathies⁴, Simon Martin^{1

2}, Thomas J Vogl^{1

2}, Dominic Rauschning⁴, Christian Booz^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany.
² Division of Experimental Imaging, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany.
³ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany.

Abstract

Vaccination represents one of the fundamentals in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. Myocarditis has been reported as a rare but possible adverse consequence of different vaccines, and its clinical presentation can range from mild symptoms to acute heart failure. We report a case of a 29-year-old man who presented with fever and retrosternal pain after receiving SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and laboratory data revealed typical findings of acute myocarditis.

Keywords: COVID-19; MRI; Myocarditis; Vaccination.

Publication types

Case Reports