Junhui Chen, Ting Wu, Chuniei Zhang, Ye Zhang, Zhuanghua Lie, and Yuhai Wang
November 8, 2022
ESC Heart Failure
Wuxi Clinical College of Anhui Medical University (China)

"Introduction

... [A]dverse effects have been reported worldwide post vaccination for COVID-19. Increasing studies are reporting complications associated with COVID-19 vaccines, particularly cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications, including stroke, myocarditis, pericarditis, and viral inflammation. Myocarditis has been reported to be a relatively rare complication after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration. Similarly, the incidence of viral encephalitis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is extremely rare with only a few relevant clinical reports. To our knowledge, to date, there have been no reports of lethal viral myocarditis combined with encephalitis following administration of any type of COVID-19 vaccine...

Case report

We report a case of a 59-year-old male patient with no underlying systemic conditions, no prior medical history, and no prior history of COVID-19 infection, who received his third dose of COVID-19 vaccine (adenovirus vector, CanSino Biologics Inc) 12 days before being referred to us."

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adverse events,COVID-19,heart disorders,vaccines