A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Daniel A. Gomes
, Rita R. Santos
, Pedro Freitas, Mariana S. Paiva, Jorge Ferreira
, [...]
Daniel A. Gomes
, Rita R. Santos
, Pedro Freitas, Mariana S. Paiva, Jorge Ferreira
, [...]
Introduction Vaccination is one of the most important breakthroughs of modern medicine and constitute a major advance in the prevention of infectious diseases. Overall, vaccines are effective and have an excellent general safety profile. In fact, reports of severe adverse effects following vaccination are extremely rare and idiosyncratic. As the vaccine’s mechanism of action is based on the host immune response, a close relationship with autoimmunity cannot be disregarded. Cases of immunologic reactogenicity, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute myocarditis […]
Keywords: Coronavirus-19; COVID-19; Diagnostic Imaging; Immunogenicity Vaccine; Molecular Mimicry; Myocarditis; Vaccine/adverse effects