Elsevier

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volume 238, November 2021, Pages 317-320
The Journal of Pediatrics

Brief Report
Myopericarditis After the Pfizer Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Coronavirus Disease Vaccine in Adolescents

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.083Get rights and content

Reports have emerged of myocarditis and pericarditis predominantly after the second dose of the coronavirus disease messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine. We describe 13 patients aged 12-17 years who presented with chest pain within 1 week after their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and were found to have elevated serum troponin levels and evidence of myopericarditis.

Keywords

myocarditis
COVID-19 vaccine

Abbreviations

CMR
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease
LV
Left ventricular
LVEF
Left ventricular ejection fraction
mRNA
Messenger ribonucleic acid

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