Post covid myocarditis
The Incidence of Myocarditis and Pericarditis in Post COVID19 Unvaccinated PatientsA Large PopulationBased Study The authors declare no conflict of interest. Myocarditis and pericarditis are potential postacute cardiac sequelae of COVID19 infection, arising from adaptive immune responses. We aimed to study the incidence of postacute COVID19 myocarditis and pericarditis. Retrospective cohort study N 196, 992 adults after COVID19 infection Clalit Health Services members in Israel March 2020 and January 2021 The control cohort (no infection) N 590, 976 adults Age and sexmatched COVID infection cohort Nine postCOVID19 patients developed myocarditis Eleven patients were diagnosed with pericarditis Non COVID infection cohort 27 patients had myocarditis 52 had pericarditis Age adjusted
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