Table 1.
Detailed information concerning the investigated 18 fatalities
| Case nr | Gender | Age | Vaccine | 1 or 2 vaccinations | Time interval between vaccination and death (in days) | Place of death | Relevant findings of postmortem investigations | Cause of death | Assessment of causal relationship between vaccination and death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | m | 82 | Spikevax | 1 | 1 | Home | Severe coronary sclerosis, massive cardiac hypertrophy, extensive myocardial infarction scars, anaphylaxis diagnostics negative | Most likely severe pre-existing cardiac changes with infarction scars | No evidence |
| 2 | f | 91 | Spikevax | 1 | 1 | Home | Severe coronary sclerosis, massive cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction scars, anaphylaxis diagnostics negative | Most likely severe pre-existing cardiac changes with infarction scars | No evidence |
| 3 | f | 32 | Vaxzevria | 1 | 12 | Home | Massive cerebral hemorrhage, anti-PF4 heparin antibody tests: positive, HIPA-Test: positive, PIPA-Test: positive | Massive cerebral hemorrhage | Very likely |
| 4 | f | 34 | Vaxzevria | 1 | 1 | Home | Obesity, massive cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction scars, fresh myocardial infarction, anaphylaxis diagnostics negative | Recurrent myocardial infarction in the presence of massive cardiac hypertrophy | No evidence |
| 5 | f | 48 | Vaxzevria | 1 | 10 | Workplace | Aortic dissection with rupture, high blood loss | Bleeding from ruptured aorta | No evidence |
| 6 | m | 65 | Comirnaty | 1 | 1 | Home | Severe coronary sclerosis, massive cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction scars, myocarditis, anaphylaxis diagnostics negative | Myocarditis in the presence of severe pre-existing cardiac changes | Possible |
| 7 | m | 71 | Comirnaty | 1 | 1 | Home | Massive cardiac hypertrophy, coronary sclerosis, anaphylaxis diagnostics negative | Most likely severe pre-existing cardiac changes with infarction scars | No evidence |
| 8 | f | 57 | Spikevax | 2 | 6 | Home | Severe coronary sclerosis, fatty liver, high levels of glucose and lactat in CSF and aqueous humor exceeding the cumulative levels of Traub | Hyperglycemic coma | No evidence |
| 9 | m | 63 | Vaxzevria | 1 | 14 | Home | Severe coronary sclerosis, cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction scars, liver cirrhosis | Most likely severe pre-existing cardiac changes | No evidence |
| 10 | m | 61 | Vaxzevria | 1 | 1 | Home | Severe coronary sclerosis, massive cardiac hypertrophy, anaphylaxis diagnostics negative | Most likely severe pre-existing cardiac changes with infarction scars | No evidence |
| 11 | m | 71 | Vaxzevria | unknown | 10 | Hospital | DVT, pulmonary embolism, severe coronary sclerosis, massive cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction scars, VITT-diagnostics negative | Pulmonary embolism in the presence of DVT | No evidence |
| 12 | f | 38 | Vaxzevria | 2 | 8 | Hospital | Multiple fresh thrombi, including in the cerebral venous sinuses, cardiac hypertrophy, fresh myocardial infarction, hypoxic brain damage, anti-PF4 heparin antibody tests: positive, HIPA-Test: positive, PIPA-Test: positive | Hypoxic brain damage following an anaphylactic reaction to anesthetics | Unlikely |
| 13 | f | 72 | Comirnaty | 1 | 12 | Home | Massive cerebral hemorrhage, coronary sclerosis, cardiac hypertrophy, VITT diagnostics negative | Massive cerebral hemorrhage | No evidence |
| 14 | f | 65 | Vaxzevria | 1 | 10 | Hospital | Signs of a bleeding diathesis, cerebral hemorrhages, CVT, mild coronary sclerosis, anti-PF4 heparin antibody tests: positive, HIPA-Test: positive, PIPA-Test: positive | CVT and cerebral hemorrhage with hypoxic brain damage | Very likely |
| 15 | m | 79 | Comirnaty | 2 | 6 | Home | DVT, massive pulmonary embolism, coronary sclerosis, pericarditis, chronic pulmonary emphysema, VITT diagnostics negative | Pulmonary embolism in the presence of DVT | No evidence |
| 16 | m | 57 | Vaxzevria | unknown | 2 | Hospital | Severe coronary sclerosis, massive cardiac hypertrophy, extensive myocardial infarction scars, fresh myocardial infarction | Recurrent myocardial infarction | No evidence |
| 17 | f | 72 | Comirnaty | 2 | 0 | Vaccination center | Severe coronary sclerosis with coronary thrombosis, myocardial infarction scars, fresh myocardial infarction, anaphylaxis diagnostics negative | Coronary thrombosis with fresh myocardial infarction | No evidence |
| 18 | m | 69 | Janssen | 1 | 9 | Home | CVT, severe coronary sclerosis with coronary thrombosis, massive cardiac hypertrophy, fresh myocardial infarction, anti-PF4 heparin antibody tests: positive, HIPA-Test: positive, PIPA-Test: positive | Coronary thrombosis with fresh myocardial infarction | Possible |