Recurrent ventricular tachycardia in a patient with COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The development of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine-associated myocarditis has been reported. Most of the reported cases are mild, with quick clinical recovery and excellent short-term outcomes. Cases of COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis presenting with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) are rare.

Case description

A 46-year-old male patient with no prior cardiac history presented following two episodes of syncope. Two days earlier, he had received his second dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer)-first dose was administered three weeks earlier. He had an episode of VT while in the emergency room. His cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were consistent with myocarditis. He was eventually diagnosed with COVID-19 vaccine-associated

SUBMITTER: Ojo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113094 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature