Posted on 08/15/2023 5:09:21 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Some children who experienced heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination had scarring on their hearts months later, a new long-term study found.
Researchers followed a group of 40 patients aged 12 to 18 for up to one year after the children were diagnosed with myocarditis, or heart inflammation, following vaccination with one of the messenger RNA vaccines from Pfizer or Moderna. They performed a series of tests, including echocardiograms.
Cardiac MRIs were performed on 39 of the 40 patients. Abnormal results came in for 26 of those who were imaged, including 19 who had late gadolinium enhancement, or signs of scarring. The patients with abnormal results returned for follow-up cardiac MRIs at least five months after the initial tests and 15, or 58 percent, had residual late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). The one patient without an initial scan also had mild late gadolinium enhancement when scanned during a follow-up visit.
“Persistence of LGE in a significant subset of patients with up to 1 year of follow-up was observed,” Dr. Yiu-fai Cheung, with Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, and the other researchers wrote.
They said the implications of the persistence remain unclear but that given it’s an indicator of subclinical heart dysfunction and scarring, “there exists a potential long-term effect on exercise capacity and cardiac functional reserve during stress.”
The study was published by Circulation. The authors reported no funding or disclosures…
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This looks like it’s a full text copy of the Circulation article that you are looking for, the same study cited by Epoch; it’s exactly the same title and at the bottom it says “Articles from Circulation are provided here courtesy of Wolters Kluwer Health”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10373639/
The Epoch Times article cites Dan Bongino’s favorite virology “expert”, retired cardiologist Peter McCullough. I always wonder if Dan seeks out a retired virologist to advise him on his cardio issues. Guess I’ll never know....
Also I’m glad to see that Peter has found a new way to occupy his time since he apparently no longer has a cardio practice. He’s the Chief Scientific Officer at a supplement peddler outfit called “The Wellness Company”. Mercola better look out, this could be some serious competition!
https://www.twc.health/pages/leadership
Get yer Spike Support here, kids!:
https://www.twc.health/collections
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