Cardiac Screening for COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients

All COVID-19 vaccinated individuals should

undergo a cardiac screening to ensure that there

is no subclinical heart damage. We just published

a peer-reviewed paper, and we found that approximately

per dose, about one to 3% do suffer

a form of heart damage. That means millions and

millions of people across the globe, uh, have this

form of heart inflammation and possibly cardiac

scarring that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

And so subclinical myopericarditis is not obvious, as, as you'll see in

the figure here right next to me. So you may have some effort

intolerance. So you exercise, and you're more tired than

usual. Uh, you might have some palpitations, and you

may have some slight chest pain. Uh, but most

concerningly is the very first manifestation of this syndrome

can be sudden cardiac arrest or sudden death.

And so it's very important to find out who has

incurred this heart damage, this silent heart damage, and

fix it and prevent the sudden death from occurring.

And so in our paper, we outline a

diagnostic and management approach to this

silent heart damage in the best attempt to prevent sudden cardiac

arrest among vaccine recipients.

And so this includes many things. It includes imaging first to

detect if there's any scarring or inflammation in the heart,

MRIs, ECGs, as well as serial biomarker

testing. So, so looking for BNP, troponin

elevations. Is it improving over time?

And if, if there is a detection of this

subclinical

myocarditis, then it's recommended to abstain from

physical

activity until these markers normalize.