Myocarditis and pericarditis after immunization: Gaining insights through the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

Int J Cardiol. 2018 Dec 15:273:183-186. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.09.054. Epub 2018 Sep 14.

¹ Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: riccardo.mei2@unibo.it.
² Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: emanuel.raschi@unibo.it.
³ Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: emanuele.forcesi2@unibo.it.
⁴ Dept. of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: igor.diemberger@unibo.it.
⁵ Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: fabrizio.deponti@unibo.it.
⁶ Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: elisabetta.poluzzi@unibo.it.

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Keywords: Adverse effect; Causality assessment; Evidence mapping; Myocarditis; Myopericarditis; Pericarditis; VAERS; Vaccine.

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