Age: 87.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Instillation site pain, Myocardial infarction, Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: Heart attack; sore where the pacemaker was put in; sore at the injection site; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). An 87-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 Vaccine), first dose via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 31Jan2021 14:30 (Batch/Lot Number: PAA156051) as SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunization.  Medical history included thyroid disorder (reported as thyroid) from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. It was not provided if there were prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks), if there was any patient's Medical History (including any illness at time of vaccination) and if there was any family history. The patient is vaccinated at a medical office (reported as). There was no history of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect and no additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer Suspect. There was no history of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect and no additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer Suspect. Concomitant medication included levothyroxine taken for thyroid disorder (reported as thyroid) at 75mg; take once daily by mouth from an unspecified start date (reported as taking for 10 years) and ongoing. It was reported that the patient had the first vaccine 31Jan2021 at 14:30PM in the left arm. She was scheduled for the second dose 21Feb2021 but she had a heart attack and a pacemaker put in and had to cancel the appointment. She is trying to reschedule the second dose. It was mentioned she doesn't know who to call. Adds she called the number and was transferred here. Advised caller this is Pfizer DSU and we document our patient's experience with our products. Caller agreed to report. Mentions her daughter is a teacher and set up the first dose for the caller because the caller is her mother-in-law; so the caller plans to contact her daughter about getting the second dose. The patient stated that she did have a very bad reaction to the vaccine, she noticed after an hour after the shot on 31Jan2021, it was very sore at the injection site for about 10 minutes and then she got the same thing the next day. The pain came and went for 5 to 10 minutes at a time. They don't know if she was getting a heart attack or if it was the vaccine. The pain at the injection site went away when she went to the emergency room on 15Feb2021 and the put oxygen on her. She was admitted 15Feb2021 for a heart attack and then had a pacemaker put in. She was discharged 25Feb2021. Adds she is slowly recovering but the site where they put in the pacemaker is still sore on Feb2021. The outcome of the event heart attack was recovered with sequelae on 15Feb2021, for the event sore at the injection site was recovered on 15Feb2021 and for the event sore where the pacemaker was put in was not recovered. The patient did required a visit to emergency room for the event heart attack. The patient was hospitalized, for 10 days (from 15Feb2021 to 25Feb2021) for heart attack.