Authors: Verma AK, Lavine KJ, Lin CY

PMID: 34407340 PMCID: PMC8385564 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2109975

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported cases of myocarditis and pericarditis in the United States after coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination.1 In recently published reports, diagnosis of myocarditis was made with the use of noninvasive imaging and routine laboratory testing.2-5 Here, we report two cases of histologically confirmed myocarditis after Covid-19 mRNA vaccination.

Keywords: Myocarditis, COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine