Cardiac Injury

Overreliance on high-sensitivity troponin as the sole assay to diagnose heart attacks has led to a rise in misdiagnosis, which is not benign and burdens the health system and patients with unnecessary and sometimes invasive testing.

Adults who received heart transplants from SARS-CoV-2-positive donors experienced similar 30-day and 1-year outcomes compared with recipients of SARS-CoV-2-negative hearts, according to a registry analysis.

SAN DIEGO — Minimal long-term cardiac safety findings were reported with ozanimod treatment in patients with ulcerative colitis and relapsing multiple sclerosis, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.

An analysis of nationwide data across four Nordic countries shows risk for myocarditis is rare but is highest among young males after a second COVID-19 vaccine dose.

The prevalence of acute myocarditis was low in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 during the first 14 months of the pandemic, researchers reported in Circulation.

The American College of Cardiology has published its expert decision pathway for the etiology, diagnosis and management of myocarditis and long COVID after COVID-19 infection.

Despite low absolute rates, researchers observed elevated odds of cardiac injury among male adolescents and young adults after messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccination in a large U.S. study, as well as a smaller study in Hong Kong.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated a list of recent updates on the CV impact of COVID-19 infection and vaccination.

Most young people under the age of 21 years with suspected myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination had mild symptoms that resolved quickly, according to data published in Circulation.

The ability of COVID-19 to cause cardiac injury and myocarditis has been well documented since the pandemic began, and data continue to accumulate.