By Paul McClure Findings from a new study have challenged traditional assumptions about what causes myocarditisAI-generated by DALL-E Inflammation resulting from a viral infection has traditionally been thought to cause acute myocarditis, which can lead to fatal heart arrhythmias in otherwise healthy young adults. Now, a new study has shown for the first time that...
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. — Reuters A recent study has revealed that COVID mRNA vaccines that trigger overactive immune responses may be the cause of rare heart inflammation. The study which was published in Science Immunology was conducted on 23 patients...
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE November 08, 2022 Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I’m Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. Let me start with a noncontroversial statement: A small number of individuals who receive an mRNA vaccine will develop myocarditis. Myocarditis is a side effect of...
by Tracy Cox, Pennsylvania State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The risk of developing myocarditis—or inflammation of the heart muscle—is seven times higher with a COVID-19 infection than with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent study by Penn State College of Medicine scientists, now published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Patients with myocarditis can experience...
by Glen Pyle, Jennifer H Huang, The Conversation Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle most commonly caused by a virus. Credit: Shutterstock The heart has played a central role in COVID-19 since the beginning. Cardiovascular conditions are among the highest risk factors for hospitalization. A significant number of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infections have signs...
By Suchandrima Bhowmik Dec 28 2021 Reviewed by Aimee Molineux Several studies have indicated an association between COVID-19 vaccination and myocarditis. In addition, evidence from several countries suggested exposure to the BNT162b2 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine was associated with acute myocarditis. Furthermore, an increase in hospitalization or death due to myocarditis has been reported against...
Michele Cohen Marill June 23, 2021 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adding a warning to the fact sheets for the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines as medical experts continue to investigate cases of heart inflammation, which are rare but are more likely to occur in young men and teen boys. Doran Fink, MD, Ph.D.,...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, June 16, 2021 — Findings from a small study detailing the treatment of myocarditis-like symptoms in seven people after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. are published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. These cases are among those reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
