Strain Echocardiography and Cardiac MRI Evaluation of a Symptomatic
Myopericarditis after the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine
Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying new generation
vaccines have entered our lives with many unknown effects. Method and
result: This is a case report of myopericarditis diagnosed with fever
and chest pain 3 days after the 2nd dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19
mRNA Vaccine in an 18-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed by
cardiac MRI(CMR), but we presented that this diagnosis and follow-up
could be made accurately with strain echocardiography(SE). Conclusion:
It would be beneficial for the cardiologists who perform the primary
follow-up of these patients to know that it is possible with SE to
support the diagnosis and follow-up of these patients, even if CMR is
not accesible.