Objectives To assess clinical and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging features of patients with peri-myocarditis following Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. Methods We retrospectively collected a case series of 27 patients who underwent CMR in the clinical suspect of heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination, from 16 large tertiary centers. Our patient's cohort was relatively young (36.6 +/- 16.8 years), predominately included males (n = 25/27) with few comorbidities and covered a catchment area of approximately 8 million vaccinated patients. Results CMR revealed typical mid-subepicardial non-ischemic late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in 23 cases and matched positively with CMR T2 criteria of myocarditis. In 7 cases, typical hallmarks of acute pericarditis were present. Short-term follow-up (median = 20 days) from presentation was uneventful for 25/27 patients and unavailable in two cases. Conclusions While establishing a causal relationship between peri-myocardial inflammation and vaccine administration can be challenging, our clinical experience suggests that CMR should be performed for diagnosis confirmation and to drive clinical decision-making and follow-up.

Di Dedda, E. A., Barison, A., Aquaro, G. D., Ismail, T. F., Hua, A., Mantini, C., Ricci, F., Pontone, G., Volpe, A., Secchi, F., Di Renzi, P., Lovato, L., Niro, F., Liguori, C., De Biase, C., Monti, L., Cirò, A., Marano, R., Natale, L., Moliterno, E., Esposito, A., Vignale, D., Faletti, R., Gatti, M., Porcu, M., Saba, L., Chimenti, C., Galea, N., Francone, M., Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination: a multicenter collection of 27 cases, <<EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY>>, 1; 32 (7): 4352-4360. [doi:10.1007/s00330-022-08566-0] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/212946]

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination: a multicenter collection of 27 cases

Marano, Riccardo;Natale, Luigi;Moliterno, Eleonora;
2022

Abstract

Objectives To assess clinical and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging features of patients with peri-myocarditis following Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. Methods We retrospectively collected a case series of 27 patients who underwent CMR in the clinical suspect of heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination, from 16 large tertiary centers. Our patient's cohort was relatively young (36.6 +/- 16.8 years), predominately included males (n = 25/27) with few comorbidities and covered a catchment area of approximately 8 million vaccinated patients. Results CMR revealed typical mid-subepicardial non-ischemic late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in 23 cases and matched positively with CMR T2 criteria of myocarditis. In 7 cases, typical hallmarks of acute pericarditis were present. Short-term follow-up (median = 20 days) from presentation was uneventful for 25/27 patients and unavailable in two cases. Conclusions While establishing a causal relationship between peri-myocardial inflammation and vaccine administration can be challenging, our clinical experience suggests that CMR should be performed for diagnosis confirmation and to drive clinical decision-making and follow-up.
2022
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Di Dedda, E. A., Barison, A., Aquaro, G. D., Ismail, T. F., Hua, A., Mantini, C., Ricci, F., Pontone, G., Volpe, A., Secchi, F., Di Renzi, P., Lovato, L., Niro, F., Liguori, C., De Biase, C., Monti, L., Cirò, A., Marano, R., Natale, L., Moliterno, E., Esposito, A., Vignale, D., Faletti, R., Gatti, M., Porcu, M., Saba, L., Chimenti, C., Galea, N., Francone, M., Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination: a multicenter collection of 27 cases, <<EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY>>, 1; 32 (7): 4352-4360. [doi:10.1007/s00330-022-08566-0] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/212946]
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