Does the COVID-19 vaccination period increase the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis emergency department or inpatient hospital encounters compared to the pre-vaccination period?
This study investigates the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis emergency department or inpatient hospital encounters before COVID-19 vaccine availability (January 2019–January 2021) and during a COVID-19 vaccination period (February-May 2021) in a large US health care system.
Diaz et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
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