Age: 60.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Cardiac failure congestive, Chest X-ray, Dyspnoea, Electrocardiogram
Clinical narrative: Congestive heart failure; shortness of breath; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (patient sister). A 60-years-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot number was Unknown), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 10Mar2021 11:00 (at the age of 60-years-old) as DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included atrial fibrillation, heart disease. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Patient had not received any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine. On 10Mar2021, the patient experienced shortness of breath, time of onset: (24-hour clock) was unsure but possibly after the first dose. On an unspecified date congestive heart failure. Patient called regarding the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine mentioned while providing family history, her sister had the COVID 19 vaccination and also had shortness of breath. Added her sister got her vaccination in Mar2021 but she doesn't have her card with her. She also had shortness of breath and was still having it. She do not put two and two and together until her sister had it. This was a clone report is created to document the sister's experience. Patient added the shortness of breath that started in Mar2021. States she had previously been off work for a year with AFib but she was doing really well; she had started walking around the block and everything. Then she had the first dose of the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine on 10Mar2021 at 1100AM in the right arm; and the second dose 30Mar2021 she thought at 1100am in the right arm. Reports she is unsure of exactly when she noticed the shortness of breath. She went from the car to the store and she was short of breath so she went to the emergency room to get it checked but everything was good. Mentions she was also diagnosed with congestive heart failure about a month ago. After she went to the emergency room she just went back and forth to her doctors. The lung doctor said she was okay; and the heart doctor, too. She kept going to the doctor because it do not dawn on her that the shortness of breath might be related to the vaccination until her sister got her vaccination and had the shortness of breath. Now she believed she noticed the shortness of breath after the first dose. Mentions she has the emergency room records and her vaccination card at home to verify her information. Adds she was talking to a guy at the bus station and he had shortness of breath too. She could go get the test results when she gets the information and had blood, EKG, and chest x-ray; they said was it was good. Mentioned she was still pressing the issue about her breathing but they couldn't detect it. History of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect. Additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect was none. No vaccine administered at Facility. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood test, chest x-ray, EKG: was good on an unspecified date. Events resulted in emergency room visit and physician office visit. The clinical outcome of events shortness of breath was not recovered and congestive heart failure was unknown.  Information about batch/Lot number has been requested.