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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2022

Fulminant myocarditis after the first dose of mRNA-1273 vaccination in a patient with previous COVID-19: a case report.

Kohei Horiuchi, Shumpei Kosugi, Haruhiko Abe, Yasunori Ueda

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kohei HoriuchiCardiovascular Division, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, Japan.
Shumpei KosugiCardiovascular Division, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0274-5052
Haruhiko AbeCardiovascular Division, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1579-0071
Yasunori UedaCardiovascular Division, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, Japan.
Osaka National Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 vaccines have shown success in protecting people worldwide, although serious adverse effects have been reported in very rare cases. Case summary: A 32-year-old male with a prior medical history of mild COVID-19 infection developed fulminant myocarditis five days after mRNA-1273 vaccination (first dose), which was confirmed using endomyocardial biopsy. He acutely developed respiratory failure and cardiogenic shock with ventricular tachycardia, but recovered completely with short-term high-dose steroid therapy and mechanical cardiac support, which is the recommended treatment for fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis. Discussion: COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis varies from mild to severe. In the present case, the patient was treated as for fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis and recovered relatively quickly. The mechanism of COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis needs to be urgently investigated.

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Case reportCOVID-19mRNA-1273 vaccineMyocarditisPrevious infection

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PMCPMC9278249
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