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Cardiology update: Should mRNA vaccine myocarditis be a contraindication to future COVID-19 vaccinations ?

Dr. Anish Koka

The case reports Case 1 involves a 26 year old man who developed pericarditis after the Pfizer vaccine. Pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac the heart lives in, developed about 7 days after the Pfizer vaccine. The diagnosis was made based on classic findings of inflammation on an electrocardiogram associated with acute chest pain.

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A COVID19 vaccine exemption letter

Dr. Anish Koka

I recently saw a young man who came to see me because his place of future employment, a large health system was requiring him to complete the 1º series of his COVID19 vaccination. He was concerned because he had chest pain after his first mRNA vaccine and was uncomfortable with the risks of a second mRNA dose.