News Release

Association of myocarditis with mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in children

JAMA Cardiology

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the occurrence of myocarditis in 15 adolescents after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and reviewed the results of comprehensive cardiac imaging.

Authors: Audrey Dionne, M.D., of Boston Children's Hospital, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2021.3471)

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