Heart risks rare after Pfizer Covid vaccination, study finds; researchers identified 54 cases of myocarditis among more than 2,500,000 people ages 16 years and older who got at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine
The differences can be explained by different age cutoffs and because the Israeli researchers examined medical records in a large health care system. The CDC relies on self-reported data in“In all age groups, the benefits still very much outweigh the potential risks,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, the vice chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ committee on infectious diseases, who was not involved with the research.
Fourteen patients had issues with the left ventricle of the heart during admission; 10 were still experiencing dysfunction when they were sent home. Later testing found normal heart function in five of those patients. “The study reinforces the bottom-line message, which is that most of these cases are mild,” said Dr. Walid Gellad, the director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing at the University of Pittsburgh.
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