It happens very rarely, but most teens and young adults who do experience heart inflammation (myocarditis) after a COVID-19 shot have mild symptoms and recover quickly, new research shows.
About 19% patients ended up in intensive care, but none died. Most patients were hospitalized for two or three days.showed evidence of inflammation or injury to the heart muscle.
Nearly 18.7% initially had at least mildly decreased function in their heart’s left ventricle, but it had returned to normal in the patients who returned for follow-up, according to findings published Dec. 6 in the journal“These data suggest that most cases of suspected COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis in people younger than 21 are mild and resolve quickly,” said study first author Dr. Dongngan Truong, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah.
"We also need to study the risk factors and mechanisms for this rare complication," Truong said in a journal news release. She said it is important for health care professionals and the public to have information about the early signs of myocarditis as vaccines become more widely available to children.
“Studies to determine long-term outcomes in those who have had myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination are also planned,” Truong added.
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