Smallpox vaccination and myopericarditis: a clinical review
Dimitri C. Cassimatis, MD*,*,
J. Edwin Atwood, MD, FACC*,
Renata M. Engler, MD*,
Peter E. Linz, MD, FACC
,
John D. Grabenstein, PhD
and
Marina N. Vernalis, DO, FACC*
* Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Military Vaccine Agency, United States Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia, USA

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Figure 1 Adapted from the clinical guideline algorithm used by the Department of Defense Vaccine Healthcare Center. CK = creatine kinase; CRP = C-reactive protein; ECG = electrocardiogram; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FU = follow-up; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; NSAID = non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; PA = posteroanterior; PCR = polymerase chain reaction.
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