Posted on 03/28/2022 9:29:05 AM PDT by Red Badger
Heart abnormalities were detected in some adolescents months after COVID-19 vaccination, according to a study.
Researchers at Seattle Children’s Hospital reviewed cases of patients younger than 18 who went to the hospital with chest pain and elevated serum troponin levels, two key markers of heart inflammation, within a week of getting a second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
While 35 patients fit the criteria, 19 were excluded for various reasons, including receiving care in another state after the initial visit. Cardiac imaging of the remaining 16 patients, performed three to eight months after they were first examined, showed 11 had persistent late gadolinium enhancement, a heart abnormality, though at lower levels than months earlier.
The follow-up imaging also revealed abnormal global longitudinal strain, a measure of heart function, in three-quarters of the patients, with little change from the initial examinations, as well as “significantly improved” measures of blood pumping and no detected regional wall motion issues, another abnormality.
Researchers said that while symptoms “were transient and most patients appeared to respond to treatment,” the study showed a “persistence of abnormal findings,” noting that late gadolinium enhancement is known as an indicator of heart injury and is associated with a worse prognosis in patients with typical myocarditis.
The findings “rais[e] concerns for potential longer-term effects,” they wrote, adding that they plan to repeat imaging at one year after the vaccine to assess whether problems are still present.
The findings were published following peer review in The Journal of Pediatrics. The researchers said no funding was received for the paper.
Pfizer and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) didn’t respond by press time to requests for comment.
Dr. Anish Koka, a cardiologist who wasn’t involved with the study, said it suggests that 60 to 70 percent of teenagers who get myocarditis from a COVID-19 vaccine may be left with a scar in their heart.
“Certainly, children who had chest pain severe enough to merit seeking medical attention need to at least make sure they get a follow up MRI,” he told The Epoch Times in a message on Twitter, adding that the findings “should have clear implications for the discussion around vaccines, especially for high risk male teenagers … and definitely for vaccine mandates.”
The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, both built on messenger RNA technology, have been linked with several forms of heart inflammation, including myocarditis and pericarditis, according to data from multiple countries.
The conditions have been seen at much higher than expected rates in youths, especially young men, according to data reported to the CDC. The most at-risk group is 16- and 17-year-old males, who have reported rates of 69 per million after second doses of Pfizer’s two-dose primary series in the United States. The problems are likely underreported.
The heart inflammation often leaves people short of breath, with chest pain and other symptoms. Many patients are admitted to the hospital, and a small number of deaths have been reported.
A survey conducted among some of the youth whose conditions were reported to the CDC at least 90 days after they first experienced symptoms found that about half were still suffering from at least one symptom, such as chest pain.
About 4 in 10 patients were still on exercise restrictions months after experiencing the inflammation, a parallel survey with the patients’ health care providers found.
Providers also disclosed that cardiac imaging done months after symptoms appeared still showed abnormalities for some patients, with late gadolinium enhancement being the most frequent.
One of my friends and his wife got the vaxx.
She immediately developed afib and needed surgery.
Her cardiologist said they are seeing this after the vaxx a lot.
When my dad was a kid, he had rheumatic fever which caused his heart to swell and created permanent damage. It never got back to normal, but it also still hasn’t killed him. Most noticeably he has a very noticeable heart murmur which got him kicked out of the military. Who ever passed him when he first volunteered wasn’t paying attention, but the doctors who examined him when he was accepted for flight school were more thorough.
My next door neighbor got afib also after his shots.
Just on meds, no surgry.
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And there must be literally tens of thousands of doctors who KNOW what the vaxx is doing but are saying nothing.
I thought RINOs were the scum of the Earth for handing the 2020 Steal to the Dems on a platter. At least no lives were immediately at stake.
I don't know if the particular doctor you were referring to stayed silent, but for those who do, a special place in Hell awaits them.
—> Just on meds, no surgery.
💥LIFETIME MEDS!
Why this can’t be the resident FR follow the science death cult assured us all these shot were safe and effective.
My wife works at a college, last month and all this week the college is strongly pushing students, faculty and staff to suddenly get tested for HIV. She has worked there for years and never has this been pushed ever. The CDC/NIH/FDA/AMA know damn well why this is being pushed.
I thought RINOs were the scum of the Earth for handing the 2020 Steal to the Dems on a platter. At least no lives were immediately at stake.
I don't know if the particular doctor you were referring to stayed silent, but for those who do, a special place in Hell awaits them.
I concur. The vast majority of doctors today (90%+) are devoid of even basic human integrity. They are almost uniquely unethical, as if there is today a demonic spirit in back of the profession. Hell is most definitely the ultimate destination for most.
“correlation isn’t causation!” is the new mantra
I’ve been on medication for afib for 20 years. There is absolutely no way in hell I would let them give me the Jab. And I mean absolutely no way
Up to and including arrest and incarceration.
John Stockton will be vindicated!
My wife works at a college, last month and all this week the college is strongly pushing students, faculty and staff to suddenly get tested for HIV. She has worked there for years and never has this been pushed ever. The CDC/NIH/FDA/AMA know damn well why this is being pushed.
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How can they honestly call it HIV when there is no HIV-causing virus, but, rather, one due to the Covid shot. They are panicking now because they know that this fall/winter there is an epidemic of VAIDS that will allow opportunistic diseases galore to break out in the victims. Now Big Pharma will reap additional financial gains through treatment for VAIDS.
“They are almost uniquely unethical, as if t...”
Interesting observation. I make the case about the judicial branch. They all have to go through law schools.
Same can be said about the entire medical profession. The big universities get to touch ‘em all.
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