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Front Cardiovasc Med
. 2021 Oct 12;8:759119.
doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.759119. eCollection 2021.
Case Report: Probable Myocarditis After Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine in a Patient With Arrhythmogenic Left Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Edgardo Alania-Torres[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Herminio Morillas-Climent[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alexandre García-Escrivá[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Paul Vinueza-Buitrón[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Inmaculada Poquet-Catalá[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Esther Zorio[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ignacio José Sánchez-Lázaro[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Emilio Galcerá-Jornet[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alfonso Valle-Muñoz[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC) is a rare heritable heart-muscle disorder characterized by a progressive loss of left ventricular myocardium and its replacement by fibrofatty tissue. Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart that may occur secondary to infections, immune system activation or exposure to drugs. Hot phases of ALVC present with chest pain and troponin rise, mimicking acute viral myocarditis and indicate a progression of the disease. Recently, myocarditis has also been described as an infrequent complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) mRNA vaccines. We herein report for the first time a case of probable myocarditis induced by Covid-19 vaccine in a patient with previous medical history of ALVC. We aim to highlight the common characteristics of ALVC and Covid-19 vaccine myocarditis and work through the differential diagnosis of these two entities.
Keywords: COVID-19; arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy; myocarditis; myopathy; vaccine.
. 2021 Oct 12;8:759119.
doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.759119. eCollection 2021.
Case Report: Probable Myocarditis After Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine in a Patient With Arrhythmogenic Left Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Edgardo Alania-Torres[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Herminio Morillas-Climent[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alexandre García-Escrivá[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Paul Vinueza-Buitrón[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Inmaculada Poquet-Catalá[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Esther Zorio[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ignacio José Sánchez-Lázaro[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Emilio Galcerá-Jornet[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alfonso Valle-Muñoz[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34712717
- PMCID: PMC8545905
- DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.759119
Abstract
Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC) is a rare heritable heart-muscle disorder characterized by a progressive loss of left ventricular myocardium and its replacement by fibrofatty tissue. Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart that may occur secondary to infections, immune system activation or exposure to drugs. Hot phases of ALVC present with chest pain and troponin rise, mimicking acute viral myocarditis and indicate a progression of the disease. Recently, myocarditis has also been described as an infrequent complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) mRNA vaccines. We herein report for the first time a case of probable myocarditis induced by Covid-19 vaccine in a patient with previous medical history of ALVC. We aim to highlight the common characteristics of ALVC and Covid-19 vaccine myocarditis and work through the differential diagnosis of these two entities.
Keywords: COVID-19; arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy; myocarditis; myopathy; vaccine.