Heliyon
Volume 8, Issue 6, June 2022, e09537
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Case report
A case of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination: incidental or consequential?

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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

Myocarditis
Vaccination
COVID-19
MRI

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This article is a part of the "Advanced Imaging in Cardiovascular Diseases" Special issue.