Acute Myocarditis Following COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Adults Aged 18 Years or Older

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Anthony Simone · Kaiser Permanente

John Herald · Kaiser Permanente

Aiyu Chen · Kaiser Permanente

Neil Gulati · Kaiser Permanente Orange County Irvine Medical Center

Albert Yuh‐Jer Shen · Los Angeles Medical Center

Bruno Lewin · Los Angeles Medical Center

Ming‐Sum Lee ·

Abstract

Vaccination is an essential component of the public health strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic. 1-3 Recently, there have been reports of acute myocarditis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccine administration. 4-6 We evaluated acute myocarditis incidence and clinical outcomes among adults following mRNA vaccination in an integrated health care system in the US.

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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Viral Infections and Immunology Research COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

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Published in: JAMA Internal Medicine

Volume 181, Issue 12, pp. 1668-1668

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5511

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Acute Myocarditis Following COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Adults Aged 18 Years or Older

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