2024
Association Between High-Sensitivity Troponin (hs-cTnT) and Diagnosis of Myocarditis in Previously Healthy Pediatric Patients
Degen M, Leviter J, Bradley A, Karnik R, Ferdman D, McCollum S, Faherty E. Association Between High-Sensitivity Troponin (hs-cTnT) and Diagnosis of Myocarditis in Previously Healthy Pediatric Patients. Pediatric Cardiology 2024, 1-7. PMID: 39126513, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03621-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosis of myocarditisPediatric patientsHs-cTnTTroponin levelsCardiac diagnosisHigh-sensitivity troponin THealthy pediatric patientsHigh-sensitivity troponinHs-cTnT groupMedian peak levelSensitivity troponin levelsElevated hs-cTnTCut-off valueInitial troponin levelMyocarditis diagnosisAcute myocarditisTroponin valuesCardiac troponinPediatric populationTroponin TMyocarditisPatientsPeak levelsDiagnosisMyocardial tissue
2021
Symptomatic Acute Myocarditis in 7 Adolescents After Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination
Marshall M, Ferguson ID, Lewis P, Jaggi P, Gagliardo C, Collins JS, Shaughnessy R, Caron R, Fuss C, Corbin KJE, Emuren L, Faherty E, Hall EK, Di Pentima C, Oster ME, Paintsil E, Siddiqui S, Timchak DM, Guzman-Cottrill JA. Symptomatic Acute Myocarditis in 7 Adolescents After Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination. Pediatrics 2021, 148: e2021052478. PMID: 34088762, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-052478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinationCOVID-19 vaccinationAcute myocarditisClinical courseLate gadolinium enhancement (LGE) characteristicsPolymerase chain reaction test resultsTranscription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test resultsVaccine Adverse Event Reporting SystemCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinationAcute COVID-19Multisystem inflammatory syndromeAdverse Event Reporting SystemImportant adverse eventsTime of presentationNonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugsHealthy male adolescentsGadolinium enhancement characteristicsEvent Reporting SystemReaction test resultsChest painElevated troponinInflammatory syndromeIntravenous immunoglobulinAdverse eventsSecond dose