Autopsy findings in cases of fatal COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis

Journal: ESC Heart Fail
Lead Author: Hulscher, et al.
Original date of publication: 01/14/2024
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.14680

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This study did an in depth look at the causes of death by doing a literature review from 14 papers that discuss 28 autopsies.

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Autopsy reviews of deaths averaging 6-days post-vaccination with mRNA injection.

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“The temporal relationship, internal and external consistency seen among cases in this review with known COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis, its pathobiological mechanisms, and related excess death, complemented with autopsy confirmation, independent adjudication, and application of the Bradford Hill criteria to the overall epidemiology of vaccine myocarditis, suggests that there is a high likelihood of a causal link between COVID-19 vaccines and death from myocarditis.”

Keywords: adverse events Cardiac events covid vaccine mRNA myocarditis

Full Author List: Hulscher, Hodkinson, Makis, McCullough

Autopsy findings in cases of fatal COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis

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