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

Schauer, Jenna; Buddhe, Sujatha; Colyer, Jessica; Sagiv, Eyal; Law, Yuk; Mallenahalli Chikkabyrappa, Sathish; Portman, Michael A · J Pediatr · 2021

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Abstract

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.

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