TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging Acute and Chronic Cardiac Complications of COVID-19 and after COVID-19 Vaccination
AU - Sánchez Tijmes, Felipe
AU - Marschner, Constantin A.
AU - de Matos, Joao Francisco Ribeiro Gavina
AU - Urzua Fresno, Camila M.
AU - Chacoff, Jose Miguel Gutiérrez
AU - Thavendiranathan, Paaladinesh
AU - Fuss, Cristina
AU - Hanneman, Kate
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© RSNA, 2023.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - COVID-19 is associated with acute and longer-term cardiovascular manifestations including myocardial injury, myopericarditis, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, and thromboembolic disease. Although the morbidity and mortality related to acute COVID-19 have decreased substantially, there is growing concern about the longer-term cardiovascular effects of the disease and postacute sequelae. Myocarditis has also been reported after messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)–based COVID-19 vaccination, with the highest risk among adolescent boys and young adult men. Noninvasive imaging including cardiac MRI has a key role in identifying the presence of cardiovascular disease, evaluating for potential mechanisms of injury, stratifying risk of future adverse cardiovascular events, and potentially guiding treatment in patients with suspected cardiovascular injury after COVID-19 and vaccination. Patterns of injury identified at cardiac MRI after COVID-19 include myocarditis and pericarditis, myo-cardial ischemia, and infarction. Myocardial edema and late gadolinium enhancement have been described months after the initial infection in a minority of patients with persistent cardiac symptoms after COVID-19. In patients with myocarditis after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination, the most common pattern of late gadolinium enhancement is subepicardial at the basal inferolateral wall, and patients tend to have milder imaging abnormalities compared with those from other causes of myocarditis. This article describes the role of multimodality cardiac imaging and imaging findings in patients with acute and longer-term cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 and in patients with myocarditis after receiving an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination.
AB - COVID-19 is associated with acute and longer-term cardiovascular manifestations including myocardial injury, myopericarditis, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, and thromboembolic disease. Although the morbidity and mortality related to acute COVID-19 have decreased substantially, there is growing concern about the longer-term cardiovascular effects of the disease and postacute sequelae. Myocarditis has also been reported after messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)–based COVID-19 vaccination, with the highest risk among adolescent boys and young adult men. Noninvasive imaging including cardiac MRI has a key role in identifying the presence of cardiovascular disease, evaluating for potential mechanisms of injury, stratifying risk of future adverse cardiovascular events, and potentially guiding treatment in patients with suspected cardiovascular injury after COVID-19 and vaccination. Patterns of injury identified at cardiac MRI after COVID-19 include myocarditis and pericarditis, myo-cardial ischemia, and infarction. Myocardial edema and late gadolinium enhancement have been described months after the initial infection in a minority of patients with persistent cardiac symptoms after COVID-19. In patients with myocarditis after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination, the most common pattern of late gadolinium enhancement is subepicardial at the basal inferolateral wall, and patients tend to have milder imaging abnormalities compared with those from other causes of myocarditis. This article describes the role of multimodality cardiac imaging and imaging findings in patients with acute and longer-term cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 and in patients with myocarditis after receiving an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination.
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U2 - 10.1148/rg.230044
DO - 10.1148/rg.230044
M3 - Article
C2 - 37616171
AN - SCOPUS:85168622018
SN - 0271-5333
VL - 43
JO - Radiographics
JF - Radiographics
IS - 9
M1 - e230044
ER -