Case report: disappearance of late gadolinium enhancement and full functional recovery in a young patient with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-related myocarditis

• Verfasst von: Korosoglou, Grigorios [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Nunninger, Peter [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Giusca, Sorin [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Case report: disappearance of late gadolinium enhancement and full functional recovery in a young patient with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-related myocarditis
• Verf.angabe: Grigorios Korosoglou, Peter Nunninger and Sorin Giusca
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: 08 March 2022
• Umfang: 3 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 03.02.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
• Ort Quelle: Lausanne : Frontiers Media, 2014
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 9(2022) vom: März, Artikel-ID 852931, Seite 1-3
• ISSN Quelle: 2297-055X
• DOI: doi:10.3389/fcvm.2022.852931
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1833111850
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
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Abstract

Acute myocarditis was recently demonstrated in previously healthy young male patients after receipt of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Herein, we report on a 21-year-old man who presented with acute fatigue, myalgia, and chest pain 2 days after his second SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with BNT162b2. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) showed acute myocarditis, with mildly impaired LV-function and abundant subepicardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). Control CMR after 3 months showed full functional recovery and complete disappearance of LGE. The benefits of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may significantly exceed the very rare and, in this case, fully reversible adverse effects.