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. 2022 May 25;56(4):971–982. doi: 10.1002/jmri.28268

TABLE 1.

Characteristics and Cardiac MRI Findings of Patients in Studies With Individual‐Level Patient Data

Characteristics Data Availability (n) Findings
Age (years), mean (SD) 274 27.3 (14.1)
Male, n (%) 294 264 (89.8%)
Survived, n (%) 263 263 (100%)
Vaccine type, n (%) Pfizer (BNT162b2) 294 213 (72.4%)
Moderna (mRNA‐1273) 67 (22.8%)
Janssen (ad26.COV2.S) 4 (1.4%)
AstraZeneca (chAdOx1‐SARS‐COV‐2) 9 (3.1%)
Covaxin (BBV152) 1 (0.3%)
Vaccine dose, n (%) First dose 293 54 (18.4%)
Second dose 230 (78.2%)
Third dose 9 (3.1%)
Time from vaccine to symptoms (day), median (IQR) 282 3 (2.0 to 4.0)
Symptom type, n (%) Chest pain 266 254 (95.4%)
Dyspnea 58 (21.8%)
Abnormal ECG 259 221 (85.3%)
ST segment elevation 198 150 (75.7%)
Diffuse PR depression 32 (16.1%)
Nonspecific ST‐T changes 41 (20.7%)
Elevated troponin, n (%) 278 276 (99.3%)
Echocardiography findings
LVEF (%), mean (SD) 137 53.70 (9.4)
LVEF < 50%, n (%) 137 34 (24.8%)
LVEF < 55%, n (%) 203 63 (31%)
Pericardial effusion, n (%) 95 7 (7.3%)
Wall motion abnormality, n (%) 113 49 (43.3%)
Cardiac MRI findings
Time from vaccine to MRI (day), Median (IQR) 68 6.0 (5 to 8.8)
Lake louise criteria, n (%) 114 99 (86.8%)
Native T1 (msec), Mean (SD) 73 1083.91 (94.3)
Elevated T1, n (%) 102 76 (74.5%)
Native T2 (msec), Mean (SD) 69 55.9 (9.5)
Elevated Native T2, n (%) 102 62 (60.8%)
T2 weighted or T2 STIR or T2 mapping abnormality, n (%) 160 131 (81.9%)
Myocardial LGE, n (%)
Positive LGE 285 268 (94%)
LGE Pattern
Subepicardial + & Mid wall −, n (%) 208 137 (65.9%)
Subepicardial − & Mid wall +, n (%) 23 (11.1%)
Subepicardial + & Mid wall +, n (%) 46 (22.1%)
Subepicardial + | Mid wall +, n (%) 206 (99.0%)
Subepicardial − & Mid wall −, n (%) 2 (0.9%)
Subepicardial/Mixed LGE 208 183 (88.0)
Mid wall/Mixed LGE 208 69 (33.2%)
Nonischemic pattern of myocarditis, n (%) 214 214 (100%)
Involved segment, n (%)
Basal or mid inferolateral, n (%) 202 124 (61.4%)
Other segments, n (%) 202 78 (38.6%)
ECV (%), Mean (SD) 50 29.61 (6.04)
ECV > 30%, n (%) 16 (32%)
LVEF (%), Mean (SD) 155 56.7 (7.57)
LVEF <55%, n (%) 177 58 (32.8%)
LVEF <50%, n (%) 174 16 (9.2%)
Wall motion abnormality, n (%) 93 29 (31.2%)
Pericardial enhancement, n (%) 119 39 (32.8%)
Pericardial effusion, n (%) 147 40 (27.2%)

ECV = extracellular volume; ECG = electrocardiography; IQR = interquartile range; LGE = late gadolinium enhancement; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; mRNA = messenger ribonucleic acid; N = number; SD = standard deviation; STIR = short‐tau inversion recovery.