https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heart-attacks/heart-attacks-can-occur-in-teenagers-idUSCOL26009720071002
Although quite rare, heart attacks can occur in adolescents without heart defects; and a case series reported by two cardiologists from The Heart Center at Akron Children’s Hospital, Ohio, serves as a of reminder this.
Reporting in the current issue of Pediatrics, Drs. John R. Lane and Giora Ben-Shachar describe nine healthy adolescents (eight boys and one girl), ages 12 to 20 years, who developed severe chest pains and met the criteria for a diagnosis of heart attack.
Is there any fact about these cardiac arrests in teens that is missing that would cause you to consider other causes if present, or will all sudden cardiac deaths in teens be "rare," no matter the conditions?
Since you're linking stories, here is one from June 2021 about eight boys admitted to the same San Diego hospital for heart pain after receiving the vaccine: Eight chest pain cases among adolescent boys detected after COVID vaccination in San Diego.
In this case, it was a cluster. Is that enough? I'd like to know what to be on the lookout for in the news.
-PJ