Risks of myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19 vaccination vs. SARS-CoV-2 infection.
15 Dec, 2021 | 08:43h | UTCNews release: COVID-19 infection, more likely than vaccines, to cause rare cardiovascular complications – University of Oxford
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Hugely important work from @JuliaHCox and colleagues:
In people <40, Pfizer carries a much lower risk of myocarditis than either Moderna **or SARS-CoV-2 infection** (annotations added)https://t.co/wqRts3ALqy pic.twitter.com/fnn1T39h1b
— David Juurlink (@DavidJuurlink) December 14, 2021
A case series published in @NatureMedicine shows an increased risk of myocarditis after receiving the Astra-Zeneca-Oxford, Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, but SARS-CoV-2 infection carried a greater risk of myocarditis. https://t.co/6y7pZlJN70 pic.twitter.com/cBlKz9sUkg
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) December 14, 2021
Just published @NatureMedicine
The most comprehensive assessment of the rare events of myocarditis, pericarditis, arrhythmias after COVID and AZ, mRNA vaccineshttps://t.co/0bEdMJSLXg pic.twitter.com/eC5JOx0CmG— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 14, 2021