mRNA Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine-Associated Myopericarditis in Adolescents: A Survey Study

Utkarsh Kohli, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine and West Virginia University Medicine Children's Hospital, Morgantown, WV. Electronic address: uk10004@hsc.wvu.edu.
Lavina Desai, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Detroit, MI; Central Michigan University, College of Medicine, Mt Pleasant, MI.
Devyani Chowdhury, Cardiology Care for Children, Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE.
Ashraf S. Harahsheh, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC; The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
Alexandra B. Yonts, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC.
Annette Ansong, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC; The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
Arash Sabati, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.
Hoang H. Nguyen, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center Dallas, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Tarique Hussain, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center Dallas, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Danyal Khan, Department of Cardiology, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL.
David A. Parra, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Jennifer A. Su, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Jyoti K. Patel, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Riley Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN.
Christina Ronai, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, OR.
Monique Bohun, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, OR.
Bishara J. Freij, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI; Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI.
Matthew J. O'Connor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Joseph W. Rosanno, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Aamisha Gupta, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Arash Salavitabar, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.
Adam L. Dorfman, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.
Jesse Hansen, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.
Olivia Frosch, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.
Elizabeth L. Profita, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA.
Shiraz Maskatia, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA.
Deepika Thacker, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE.
Shubhika Shrivastava, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE.
Tyler H. Harris, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA.
Brian Feingold, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA.
Stuart Berger, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Michael Campbell, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, NC.
Salim F. Idriss, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, NC.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

4-1-2022

Journal

The Journal of pediatrics

Volume

243

DOI

10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.12.025

Keywords

mRNA COVID-19 vaccine-associated myopericarditis; outcomes; survey; variability

Abstract

In this survey study of institutions across the US, marked variability in evaluation, treatment, and follow-up of adolescents 12 through 18 years of age with mRNA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine-associated myopericarditis was noted. Only one adolescent with life-threatening complications was reported, with no deaths at any of the participating institutions.

Department

Pediatrics

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