Table 1.
Case | Age, Race, and Sex | Vaccine | Time From Vaccine to Presentation | Symptoms at Admission | CMR Findings at Admission | LVEF and RVEF at Admissiona | Symptoms at Follow-Up | CMR Findings at Follow-Up | LVEF and RVEF at Follow-Up |
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1 | 21-year-old White man | BNT162b2 | 24 h | Pericarditic substernal chest pain | Edema. Focal epicardial enhancement. Thickening and enhancement of the pericardium. | 53% and 44% | 4 mo: asymptomatic | Not available | Not available |
2 | 16-year-old Black man | BNT162b2 | 48 h | Fever, fatigue, headache, dyspnea, pericarditic substernal chest pain | Diffuse, patchy edema. Focal subepicardial to near-transmural enhancement. Hyperintense pericardial signal. | 57% and 47% | 3 mo: intermittent dyspnea and chest discomfort with exertion | 2 mo: no edema; continued enhancement, but with improved intensity and thickness; unchanged pericardial signal | 54% and 49% |
3 | 17-year-old White man | BNT162b2 | 72 h | Fever, headache, myalgias, pericarditic substernal chest pain | No edema. Focal epicardial delayed enhancement. Thickening and enhancement of the pericardium. | 58% and 50% | 4 mo: asymptomatic | 2 mo: no edema; continued enhanced, but improved thickness; unchanged pericardial findings | 62% and 51% |
4 | 28-year-old Black man | mRNA-1273 | 24 h | Fever, chills, nausea, lethargy, palpitations, chest pain, back pain | Patchy edema. Focal epicardial delayed enhancement. No pericardial abnormalities. | 55% and 48% | 1 mo: asymptomatic | Not available | Not available |
5 | 18-year-old White man | BNT162b2 | 24 h | Fever, headache, myalgias, chest pain radiating to left shoulder | Localized edema. Focal, linear delayed epicardial enhancement. Hyperintense pericardial signal and thickened pericardium. | 56% and 49% | 4 mo: asymptomatic | 4 mo: no edema; improved enhancement; mildly thickened pericardium | 56% and 50% |
6 | 38-year-old White woman | BNT162b2 | 24 h | Fever, myalgias, dyspnea, pericarditic substernal chest pain | No edema. Focal delayed mid-myocardial enhancement. No pericardial changes, but trace pericardial effusion. | 62% and 62% | 2 mo: asymptomatic | 3 mo: no edema; near-complete resolution of enhancement; resolution of pericardial effusion | 59% and 58% |
7 | 23-year-old Black man | BNT162b2 | 12 d | Epigastric pain, nausea, chest pain | No edema. Linear mid-myocardial delayed enhancement. No pericardial changes. | 62% and 53% | 2 mo: asymptomatic | Not available | Not available |
8 | 53-year-old White man | Ad26.COV2.S | 8 d | Weakness, myalgias, chest pain | No edema. Focal subepicardial enhancement. Diffuse pericardial enhancement and mild thickening. Small pericardial effusion. | 70% and 51% | 2 mo: asymptomatic | Not available | Not available |
9 | 19-year-old White man | BNT162b2 | 36 h | Fever, headache, pericarditic substernal chest pain | No edema. Negative enhancement. Bright and prominent pericardium with trivial pericardial effusion. | 60% and 53% | 2 mo: intermittent palpitations and sharp chest pain | 3 mo: focal subepicardial enhancement; unchanged pericardial findings | 56% and 49% |
10 | 17-year-old White man | BNT162b2 | 36 h | Fever, chills, fatigue, myalgias, pericarditic substernal chest pain | No edema. Focal mid-myocardial and epicardial delayed enhancement. No pericardial changes. | 61% and 59% | 4 mo: asymptomatic | 4 mo: no edema; mild improvement in enhancement; hyperintense pericardial signal and thickened pericardium; trivial pericardial effusion | 57% and 53% |
11 | 19-year-old White man | BNT162b2 | 72 h | Palpitations, pericarditic substernal chest pain | No edema. Focal mid-myocardial and near-transmural delayed enhancement. No pericardial changes. Hyperintense pericardial signal and thickened pericardium. | 59% and 54% | 4 mo: asymptomatic | 4 mo: no edema; mild focal improvement in enhancement; hyperintense pericardial signal and thickened pericardium; trivial pericardial effusion | 56% and 58% |
CMR = cardiac magnetic resonance; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; RVEF = right ventricular ejection fraction.
LVEF and RVEF were measured via CMR.