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PENN STATE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE:
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W hether managing patients with heart failure, caring for
adults with congenita l heart conditions or performing heart
transplants, these specia lists constantly seek ways to improve
and extend life for their patients.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
CARDIOLOGY
INCREASED MYOCARDITIS REPORTED
IN PATIENTS RECEIVING IMMUNE
CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS 13
Cardio-oncologists explore the relationship between cancer
treatments and heart hea lth.
ISRAEL-BASED RESEARCH DEFINES
MYOCARDITIS RISK FOLLOWING
PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINATION 14
The risk appears greatest in adolescent boys and
young men but is still less than the risk of COVID-19-
associated myocarditis.
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