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Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event

We present the case of a 41-year-old man who developed myopericarditis after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The patient experienced a sudden onset of chest and abdominal pain 16 days after vaccination. Electrocardiogram findings revealed deep T-wave inversion and minimal ST-segment elevation...

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Autores principales: Almalki, Mohammed E, Alshumrani, Fahad A, Almalki, Hussam A, Saati, Asim A, Alzahrani, Saeed E, Khouj, Saleh M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41168
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author Almalki, Mohammed E
Alshumrani, Fahad A
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Saati, Asim A
Alzahrani, Saeed E
Khouj, Saleh M
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description We present the case of a 41-year-old man who developed myopericarditis after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The patient experienced a sudden onset of chest and abdominal pain 16 days after vaccination. Electrocardiogram findings revealed deep T-wave inversion and minimal ST-segment elevation. Further investigation through coronary artery angiography and computed tomography identified an anomalous left main coronary artery. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of myopericarditis. This case highlights the importance of considering myopericarditis as a potential cause of chest pain and elevated cardiac biomarkers following COVID-19 vaccination, particularly in young individuals. Clinicians should be aware of this adverse event and include it in the differential diagnosis for patients presenting with similar symptoms after vaccination.
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spelling pubmed-103897502023-08-01 Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event Almalki, Mohammed E Alshumrani, Fahad A Almalki, Hussam A Saati, Asim A Alzahrani, Saeed E Khouj, Saleh M Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery We present the case of a 41-year-old man who developed myopericarditis after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The patient experienced a sudden onset of chest and abdominal pain 16 days after vaccination. Electrocardiogram findings revealed deep T-wave inversion and minimal ST-segment elevation. Further investigation through coronary artery angiography and computed tomography identified an anomalous left main coronary artery. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of myopericarditis. This case highlights the importance of considering myopericarditis as a potential cause of chest pain and elevated cardiac biomarkers following COVID-19 vaccination, particularly in young individuals. Clinicians should be aware of this adverse event and include it in the differential diagnosis for patients presenting with similar symptoms after vaccination. Cureus 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10389750/ /pubmed/37529509 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41168 Text en Copyright © 2023, Almalki et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
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Khouj, Saleh M
Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event
title Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event
title_full Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event
title_fullStr Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event
title_full_unstemmed Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event
title_short Regional Myopericarditis Mimicking Inferior Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Rare Adverse Event
title_sort regional myopericarditis mimicking inferior myocardial infarction following covid-19 vaccination: a rare adverse event
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41168
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