Myocarditis after Covid-19 Vaccination in a Large Health Care Organization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reports have suggested an association between the development of myocarditis and the receipt of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but the frequency and severity of myocarditis after vaccination have not been extensively explored.

Methods

We searched the database of Clalit Health Services, the largest health care organization (HCO) in Israel, for diagnoses of myocarditis in patients who had received at least one dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech). The diagnosis of myocarditis was adjudicated by cardiologists using the case definition used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We abstracted the presentation, clinical course, and outcome from the patient's electronic health record. We performed a

SUBMITTER: Witberg G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8531986 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature