Heart Inflammation After mRNA COVID Shots Proven by PET Scans

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

This article features a peer-reviewed study showing that COVID mRNA shots can cause myocarditis even in asymptomatic people.[1]

The well-respected journal Radiology published Assessment of Myocardial 18F-FDG Uptake at PET/CT in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Patients in September 2023.

Its authors are from the Keio University School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University in Japan; Icahn School of Medicine in New York; the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine of the University of Oxford Radcliffe Hospital; and the McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas.

Method

This is a retrospective study, which means they looked at PET scans that were already present.

Vaccinated study group

The study group was chosen among the PET scans of 700 subjects (mean age, 56.8 years ± 13.7; 344 female, 356 male) who had FDG (fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose) during comprehensive medical check-ups or to evaluate cancers.

All received COVID-19 mRNA shots and didn’t have symptoms of myocarditis.

The study subjects got COVID shots from February 17, 2021, to March 31, 2022. COVID-19 vaccination in Japan started on February 17, 2021.

Of the vaccinated patients, 77.6% received BNT162b2 mRNA (Pfizer-BioNTech), while 21.0% received mRNA-1273 (Moderna).

Subjects with unknown vaccination dates or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Astra Zeneca) and miscellaneous vaccines were excluded because of their small sample sizes.

Unvaccinated control group

The control group had 303 nonvaccinated patients (mean age, 52.9 years ± 14.9 [SD]; 157 female, 146 male) who had a PET scan and received the FDG for conditions unrelated to myocarditis from November 1, 2020, to February 16, 2021.

Adequate sample sizes

The study and control group sizes exceeded the target of 280 nonvaccinated and 644 vaccinated, which is necessary to make a meaningful statistical outcome.

Study Exclusions

Patients with pre-existing diseases or conditions that could cause a higher FDG uptake other than myocarditis were excluded.

Those excluded were those with

  • Blood diseases, such as lymphoma and leukemia
  • Cardiac sarcoidosis
  • Thyroid disease
  • Those who had undergone cardiac surgery and chemotherapy drugs that can cause cardiac dysfunction
  • Chest irradiation within the past six months
  • Patients currently undergoing anti-inflammatory therapy.

Patients who had a history of infection with SARS-CoV-2 or who had received a third dose were also excluded.

These exclusions are essential to ensure the high FDG uptake, which means myocarditis is only due to the COVID-19 mRNA shots.

Results

The asymptomatic, vaccinated subjects showed higher cardiac FDG uptake than the control group, regardless of age, sex, or type of mRNA shots received.

The FDG uptake among the vaccinated was higher from one to 180 days after their second dose.

The images below compare the unvaccinated subjects A and B with the vaccinated C and D.

The red arrow points to the lymph nodes in the armpits on the same side of the injections. The black and white and colored images at the bottom are the hearts. The darker black, red, and yellow colors represent the FDG uptake.

The other black areas are the kidneys and the bladder, where the body excretes the FDG.

Notice the higher FDG uptake in the hearts of the vaccinated.

Source: Assessment of Myocardial 18F-FDG Uptake at PET/CT in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Patients

 In 16 patients with more than one PET/CT study available, myocardial and axillary FDG uptake was higher on PET scans obtained after vaccination than before the shots. 

This means that the 16 patients were in the control and study group. This rules out the possibility that FDG uptake differs from person to person.

What does a higher FDG uptake mean?

A PET scan using FDG has been routinely used before to detect heart inflammation or myocarditis from different causes.

Among them are viral myocarditis, sarcoidosis of the heart, and cancer-therapy-related cardiac dysfunction.

It is as good as late gadolinium enhancement or T2 hyperintensity on cardiac MRI scans in detecting myocarditis.

Authors Conclusion

The authors stopped short of mentioning that myocarditis was seen among individuals who received the mRNA shots.

In conclusion, in a set of patients who underwent PET/CT for indications other than myocardial inflammation, those who had received a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine showed increased myocardial fluorine 18 (18F) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on images up to 180 days after their second vaccination compared with patients imaged before SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was available.

Vaccinated patients showed higher myocardial 18F-FDG uptake on PET/CT scans compared with nonvaccinated patients, regardless of sex, age, or type of mRNA vaccine received.

However, since they have excluded those with conditions that may cause a higher FDG uptake, like blood cancers, recent chemotherapy, those with viral myocarditis, and others, it is safe to assume that the increased FDG uptake in this research is due to myocarditis resulting from the mRNA shots.

PET scans consistent with Previous MRI Studies that detected myocarditis

The presence of cardiac inflammation after mRNA shots in this study is consistent with the findings of another group of radiologists who used MRI to detect mRNA shot-induced myocarditis.[2]

I discussed that study in How to Screen for Sudden Death

How did the vaccinated get myocarditis from the mRNA jabs?

Previous articles provide an answer to that. The SARS-CoV-2 RNA is present in the heart for up to two years.

Being a foreign substance, the body has to get rid of it by mounting an immune response, leading to an inflammation of the heart muscle or myocarditis.

Why are those with mRNA-induced myocarditis in this study asymptomatic? Why are they still alive?

The study group’s age range is from 43 to 70. While some may be active, they probably were not in competitive sports, where we can see players dropping dead in the middle of the field.

Myocarditis is more common than Commotio Cardis

Mild myocarditis does not kill. If detected, the patients are told to take it easy.

However, if the asymptomatic engages in sports, the demand for cardiac activity becomes higher such that the heart may fail or suffer arrhythmias.

In my previous article, Complete Heart Block after the Pfizer COVID shot, the lucky patient survived because he was brought to a top cardiology center. Many others don’t survive.

The good thing in this study is that after 180 days, there is less FDG uptake in the heart, which means the myocarditis is gone. But they may not be out of the woods yet.

Scars can result after the myocarditis and decrease the heart’s pumping action. I discussed the studies that said so in — What happens to the heart after one year of COVID jab myocarditis?

Take Away Message

The lesson here is not to have any more COVID-19 booster shots.  Subsequent booster shots can make the myocarditis come back.

Worsening myocarditis can make someone part of the statistics on excess deaths.

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  6. Lincoln National Insurance paid out 163% more for deaths of working people ages 18-64 in 2021
  7. Pfizer COVID shot Lot Numbers with the most deaths
  8. Excess deaths continue in 2022
  9. Excess deaths in Scotland 2021
  10. More COVID jabbed dead from COVID-19 than the unvaxxed in Scotland
  11. Above-average deaths of 5 to 74 years old for the year 2021
  12. US data: High numbers of autopsies done in 2021 among 15-64-years-old.
  13. CDC data shows higher deaths from 25-54 years old in 2021 compared to 2018-2020
  14. 145 countries with higher COVID-19 cases and deaths after the COVID shots
  15. Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64
  16. Vaccine-induced deaths in the US and Europe are way higher than the CDC reports!
  17. German Analysis: The Higher the Vaccination Rate, the Higher the Excess Mortality

Any solutions?

I’m not vaccinated, but there is a possibility that the spike protein is present in my system because the spike protein can be left behind after a COVID-19 infection. That is why I eat natto, which contains nattokinase, every day.

Here are other potential solutions to get rid of the spike proteins.

  1. Getting Rid of Spike Proteins
  2. How to dose Nattokinase, Bromelain, and NAC
  3. Bromelain and Acetylcysteine Combined Destroy SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
  4. Nattokinase Degrades the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein
  5. Another Study shows Nattokinase can Destroy the S1 Spike Protein
  6. Intermittent fasting results in new and stress-resistant blood cells
  7. Intermittent fasting for Post COVID Vaccine Syndrome: Autophagy
  8. The I-RECOVER Post-Vaccine Treatment Protocol
  9. The I-RECOVER Management Protocol for Long Haul COVID-19 Syndrome
  10. How I Made and Appreciated Natto

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  5. Myocarditis is more common than Commotio Cardis
  6. Myocarditis in the Autopsies of Five that “Suddenly Died”
  7. More than 50% of vaccinated athletes with Myocarditis
  8. COVID Jabs Increased Risk of Myocarditis Deaths for ALL Ages
  9. Israel study: No increased incidence of myocarditis with COVID-19
  10. Thai study shows a whopping 1,660 myocarditis cases per 100K COVID injections
  11. Israel study: No increased incidence of myocarditis with COVID-19
  12. Autopsy of a soldier who died of myocarditis after Pfizer COVID vaccination
  13. A professional athlete who died of fulminant myocarditis after the Moderna jab
  14. Myocarditis by age, sex and COVID shot
  15. COVID shots cause a 25% increase in cardiac arrest and acute coronary syndrome in those under 40 years old
  16. Kaiser Permanente study shows myopericarditis is 43 times higher than VAERS reports.
  17. Higher blood pressure after COVID shots and why it happens
  18. Study shows spike proteins affect cardiac pericytes 
  19. Circulation: Myocarditis related to COVID-19 shots in teenagers and young adults
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  21. Myocarditis after mRNA Vaccination in the Military
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References:

  1. Takehiro Nakahara, Yu Iwabuchi, Raita Miyazawa, Kai Tonda, Tohru Shiga, H. William Strauss, Charalambos Antoniades, Jagat Narula, and Masahiro Jinzaki. Assessment of Myocardial 18F-FDG Uptake at PET/CT in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Patients. Radiology 2023 308:3
  2. Fronza M, Thavendiranathan P, Chan V, Karur GR, Udell JA, Wald RM, Hong R, Hanneman K. Myocardial Injury Pattern at MRI in COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Myocarditis. Radiology. 2022 Sep;304(3):553-562. doi: 10.1148/radiol.212559. Epub 2022 Feb 15. PMID: 35166587; PMCID: PMC8856022.

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