Age: 60.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Cardiac disorder, SARS-CoV-2 test
Clinical narrative: Unspecified Cardiac Event; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (Patient's Daughter). A 60-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number: EK4176), via an unspecified route of administration on 15Jan2021 at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The patient also received second dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number: EK4176), via an unspecified route of administration on 05Feb2021 at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from an unknown date to 21Feb2021, brain aneurysm, smoker. Family medical history included States her Grandfather had skin cancer, but it was benign, moles and then freeze them off. No cardiac events. Grandma passed away infection from knee surgery. The patient received a Prior Vaccinations within 4 weeks has received both doses of the Pfizer Covid Vaccine. Concomitant medication was not reported. On 21Feb2021, patient experienced unspecified cardiac event. Caller stated that she was calling in regards to her mother regarding the Covid19 vaccine. States she was instructed by the pathologist to call Pfizer directly, rather than just report on VAERS. States this was not the same pathologist as the one that did the autopsy. Caller states does have a copy of the autopsy. States she called several pathologist to get the autopsy done. Dr. called her back after it had been done, and the caller discussed with him, the patient passed away after some cardiac event. States it is not clear what cardiac event. States she passed away 16 days after receiving her second dose of the vaccine. States the patient's physician would be happy to talk to Pfizer about it. Reporter states her mom was an LPN there and they all know her. States anyone there is fully aware of who she is. States some people in the office are taking it hard, and they may get sentimental. States it helps if people get things business and not talk about feelings. Reporter states it was 8:50am when the EMTs arrived and she had already passed. Caller states was who did the autopsy. She has been speaking with a lady, but she goes by (university name). States (Hospital Name) is a hospital, it used to be (University name). Hospital. Reporter states (phone number) is a direct line to (university name). Reporter states when the autopsy results came back she had the original and they are sending another because of the cause of death. Reporter states the autopsy showed no Pulmonary Obstruction, which made them question, well did she have COPD? States it was interesting because her mom was a smoker but her lungs were pink, and there was no fluid or obstruction in her lungs. States her mom taught her a little bit growing up. Reporter states she was going to be a nurse too but she lost her grant because she got married, now she doesn't qualify. Caller stats an autopsy was done; however they did not do a toxicology report. Caller states that patient was an organ donor. States she received a letter from them stating the patient will be helping a lot of people with skin grafts. Reporter adds, the patient was negative for Covid, she had to be tested for the autopsy. States she died from some type of cardiac event. States the patient did have COPD but on the autopsy, her lungs were clear and there were no pulmonary obstructions. States the liver showed possible hypertension, but the patient did not have hypertension. Reporter states there are some interesting things with her autopsy report and the patient's PCP could go over it medically if necessary. Reporter states this morning she saw several articles that state heart inflammation has been linked to the vaccine. Caller asks if she still needs to report it through VAERS? States she should have done it in the beginning but her mom was a big supporter of the vaccine. Reporter states her mom was on Facebook, and someone stated they weren't sure about getting the vaccine and her mom had commented, well she just got her second one, let's see what happens and then she died 16 days later. States that is why she was hesitated to report it. States the Pathologist encouraged her to call in and report it. Caller states she does not know if her mom had any other adverse events. States she will not say a word about things unless it gets really bad. Reporter states the only person that would know is Dr. meant a lot to her mom and she would be willing to tell her doctor, but not her daughter because she wouldn't want her to worry. Caller states the patient never used her inhaler, it is still full. States she took her mom's purse because her mom lived out of her purse, everything she needed was in there. Reporter states the patient had Tylenol, Sudafed, Advil, and Prednisone in her purse. Reporter states she knows she wasn't taking Prednisone. States the pill box is locked and it looks like it hasn't been open in a while. Reporter states she does not know if she was taking any medication, Dr. may have more information. Reporter states no, she didn't go to the doctor or the ER. States the patient's dog woke up her stepdad and she had already passed away. States they have her dog and he is going through a lot, when she first passed the dog had aggressive tendencies, and when she would lay with him, he would nudge her to get up. He doesn't like it when people go to sleep and that makes it harder. States the dog ended up getting an eye infection, because his tear ducts were clogged, states he did that a couple weeks, and now he is getting better, not as fearful or aggressive. Reporter states when her mom had the brain aneurysm, it takes a little bit longer for anesthesia to wear off. States it was an extremely strong anesthesia that she had never had before. States she wouldn't let anyone take care of her except for her. States when she was under anesthesia, she would call her mom. States they would know when she said mom, she was talking about her daughter. States her mom said she looks like her grandma when she was younger. Consumer adds the patient's husband's contact information, in case it is needed. On 21Feb2021, the patient died due to cardiac event secondary to COPD. Autopsy was perfomed. Autopsy details was available. The outcome of the event was fatal.; Reported Cause(s) of Death: Cardiac Event Secondary to COPD