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Vaccine myocarditis update from Korea

Dr. Anish Koka

The KDCA also established a reporting system with a legal obligation for special adverse events including myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination. The 2023 risk/benefit calculus casts a very long shadow on those who seek to compel their fellow citizens to vaccinate. Severe VRM was identified in 95 cases (19.8%

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The last information available is that the patient was undergoing heart transplant evaluation. She died before she could get a heart transplant. Pericarditis? My Comment by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 1/9 /2023 ): = “ Treat the patient — Not the age of the patient”. They just could not believe that a young woman could have an OMI.

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OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don't automatically dismiss the idea.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Though less prevalent in younger patients, occlusion MI may occur and requires the same early interventions as older patients. - - Pericarditis and myocarditis should be a diagnosis of exclusion. PMID: 34013488; PMCID: PMC8134825. == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 12/5 /2023 ): == Interesting case by Drs. World J Pediatr.