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Cardiovascular Manifestation of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents

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Mansanguan, Suyanee, Charunwatthana, Prakaykaew, Piyaphanee, Watcharapong, Dechkhajorn, Wilanee, Poolcharoen, Akkapon, Mansanguan, Chayasin·2022·Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

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This study focuses on cardiovascular manifestation, particularly myocarditis and pericarditis events, after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine injection in Thai adolescents. This prospective cohort study enrolled students aged 13-18 years from two schools, who received the second dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Data including demographics, symptoms, vital signs, ECG, echocardiography, and cardiac enzymes were collected at baseline, Day 3, Day 7, and Day 14 (optional) using case record forms. We enrolled 314 participants; of these, 13 participants were lost to follow-up, leaving 301 participants for analysis. The most common cardiovascular signs and symptoms were tachycardia (7.64%), shortness of breath (6.64%), palpitation (4.32%), chest pain (4.32%), and hypertension (3.99%). One participant could have more than one sign and/or symptom. Seven participants (2.33%) exhibited at least one elevated cardiac biomarker or positive lab assessments. Cardiovascular manifestations were found in 29.24% of patients, ranging from tachycardia or palpitation to myopericarditis. Myopericarditis was confirmed in one patient after vaccination. Two patients had suspected pericarditis and four patients had suspected subclinical myocarditis. In conclusion, Cardiovascular manifestation in adolescents after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination included tachycardia, palpitation, and myopericarditis. The clinical presentation of myopericarditis after vaccination was usually mild and temporary, with all cases fully recovering within 14 days. Hence, adolescents receiving mRNA vaccines should be monitored for cardiovascular side effects. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT05288231.

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  • This complicates signal detection because clinical suspicion of an adverse vaccine reaction following an event commonly seen in clinical practice will be lower than for SAEs like myocarditis.

    “This complicates signal detection because clinical suspicion of an adverse vaccine reaction following an event commonly seen in clinical practice will be lower than for SAEs like myocarditis.[50]”

    From Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults (2022) · cites this paper as [50]

    The Introduction (page not provided) says that attributing reported cardiovascular events to vaccination is difficult because such events also occur commonly in unvaccinated people. It does not say that clinicians are less likely to suspect a vaccine reaction after a common event than after a serious adverse event such as myocarditis. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Mansanguan, S., Charunwatthana, P., Piyaphanee, W., Dechkhajorn, W., Poolcharoen, A., & Mansanguan, C.
Affiliations
  • Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital (TH)
  • Mahidol University (TH)
  • Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital (TH)
Corresponding author
Mansanguan, Chayasin
Venue
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-08-19
Volume
7
Issue
8
Pages
196
ISSN
2414-6366 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4292575540
Cited by
83
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 12
FWCI
13.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords
BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines, adolescents, cardiovascular adverse events, myocarditis, pericarditis, myopericarditis, tachycardia, palpitations, cardiac biomarkers, vaccine safety

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