- Author: Yongwhan Lim, Min Chul Kim, Kye Hun Kim, In-Seok Jeong, Yong Soo Cho, Yoo Duk Choi, Jong Eun Lee
- Date: 2021/10/29
- Journal: Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine;8;758996
- PMID: 34778411
- PMCID: PMC8586196
- DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.758996
Abstract
Recently, myocarditis following messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination has become an important social issue worldwide. According to the reports so far, myocarditis related to mRNA COVID-19 vaccination is rare and usually associated with a benign clinical course without intensive care or any sequelae of fulminant myocarditis. Here, we report a case of acute fulminant myocarditis and cardiogenic shock after the mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, requiring extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Clinicians should keep in mind the possibility of progression to fulminant myocarditis in patients who presented with suggestive symptoms or signs of myocarditis after the COVID-19 vaccination.
Keywords: COVID-19; case report; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; fulminant myocarditis; vaccination.