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Vaccine myocarditis update from Korea

Dr. Anish Koka

A national study from Korea published in the European Heart Journal sheds important new light on complications related to COVID vaccine related myocarditis. The KDCA also established a reporting system with a legal obligation for special adverse events including myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination.

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A COVID19 vaccine exemption letter

Dr. Anish Koka

(Published with permission, only the relevant names have been changed/redacted) Dear Vaccine Exemption Review Committee, I am writing this letter on behalf of John Smith DOB: xx/xx/xx in regard to a mandate from xxxx Health that Mr. Smith receive a second dose of an mRNA vaccine to complete his primary COVID-19 vaccine series.

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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. Long-COVID and Post-COVID Health Complications: An Up-to-Date Review on Clinical Conditions and Their Possible Molecular Mechanisms.

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Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

While traditionally described as “benign early repolarization”, they have been associated with J wave syndromes along with Brugada syndrome, causing ventricular arrhythmias (1, 2). Prominent J waves and ventricular fibrillation caused by myocarditis and pericarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.

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