Publication: Cardiovascular Complication following Covishield Vaccination in Nepal: A Case Report Authors
Date
2021
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Nepal Medical Association
Abstract
Abstract:
Nepal started the COVID-19 vaccination on 27 January 2021 with AstraZeneca/Oxford Coronavirus Disease-19 AZD1222 (Covishield) vaccine to control the Coronavirus disease pandemic. The vaccine has a good safety profile, with cardiovascular complications being rare. Herein we report a rare case of cardiovascular complication following Covishield vaccination in a 33 years old female who had dizziness and elevated blood pressure immediately following vaccination and abnormal electrocardiogram showing T wave inversions followed by left bundle branch block. The patient was kept on observation, following which the blood pressure and electrocardiogram changes were normal by seven days. This cardiovascular complication following the vaccination demands further investigation into the adverse event of the vaccine. However, since the benefit of the vaccine outweighs the risk, World Health Organization has recommended the continuity of the vaccine as of now.
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Angela Basnet
Department of Internal Medicine, Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital, Banepa, Kavrepalanchok, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0760-6510
Shiva Kumar Ojha
Department of Internal Medicine, Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital, Banepa, Kavrepalanchok, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4248-4114
Suman Kumar Jha
Department of Internal Medicine, Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital, Banepa, Kavrepalanchok, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4629-4238
Anjana Paudyal
Department of Internal Medicine, Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital, Banepa, Kavrepalanchok, Nepal
Manoj Khadka
Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Sanobharyang, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0449-9254
Manita Khadka
Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Sanobharyang, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9263-2598
Dhan Bahadur Shrestha
Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, USA
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8121-083X
Keywords
bundle-branch block, case report, COVID-19 vaccine, Nepal