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Does mRNA COVID-19 vaccination cause myocarditis in previously healthy military patients?
Does mRNA COVID-19 vaccination cause myocarditis in previously healthy military patients?
mRNA COVID-19 vaccination is associated with rare cases of myocarditis in previously healthy military personnel, which must be weighed against the cardiac risks of COVID-19 infection.
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Alerts clinicians to possible vaccine-associated myocarditis in young adults; case reports leave causality and incidence open for confirmation.
In this case series, myocarditis occurred in previously healthy military patients with similar clinical presentations following receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Further surveillance and evaluation of this adverse event following immunization is warranted. Potential for rare vaccine-related adverse events must be considered in the context of the well-established risk of morbidity, including cardiac injury, following COVID-19 infection.
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