Subject: prosthetic mechanical valve endocarditis
Subject: heart failure symptoms
Subject: Pfeizer-BioNTech COVID-19
Subject: m-RNA vaccination
Year: 2022
Type: Article
Title: Acute Myocarditis after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 m-RNA Vaccination
Author: Elena Grueva-Nastevska
Author: Andova, Valentina
Author: Planinka Zafirovska
Author: Elma Kandic
Author: Ana Chelikikj
Author: Vrajnko, Elif
Author: Simona Jovchevska
Author: Oliver Bushljetikj
Author: Zhan Zimbakov
Author: Igor Spiroski
Author: Jovanova, Silvana
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Prosthetic mechanical valve endocarditis (PVE) can be manifested as early PVE (acquired perioperatively) and late PVE (resulting from infections unrelated to the valve operation). Causes of both are similar but are late PVE are more prone to less virulent microbes. PVE resulting with paravalvular abscess is confirmed through echocardiography (transthoracic or transesophageal), it results with a high mortality rate especially if it is not early recognized. CASE PRESENTATION: We are presenting a patient with heart failure symptoms caused by PVE after Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) m-RNA vaccination. CONCLUSION: The exact mechanism of myocarditis in young men who received the second dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is not yet known. However, this is a rare complication and most people generally recover quickly requiring only supportive treatment. In contrast, the risk of developing myocarditis from the viral infection is much higher.
Publisher: Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI
Relation: South East European Journal of Cardiology
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/28141
Identifier: Grueva-Nastevska E, Andova V, Zafirovska P, Kandic E, Chelikikj A, Vrajnko E, Bushljetikj O, Zimbakov Z, Spiroski IM, Jovanova S. Acute Myocarditis after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 m-RNA Vaccination. SEE J Cardiol. 2022 Nov 30; 3(1):11-14. https://doi.org/10.3889/seejca.2022.6032Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/28141Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3889/seejca.2022.6032Identifier: 1857-9361
