AESI Case Definition Companion Guide: Myocarditis and Pericarditis

This document collates into a single document the SPEAC Myocarditis and Pericarditis resources (Risk factors, background rates, ICD9/10-CM, MedDRA, SNOMEDCT_US, MeSH codes), tools (data abstraction & interpretation form, tabular summary of key case definition criteria and algorithm for level of certainty determination, pictorial level of certainty algorithm) and guidance (real time investigation, data collection, analysis and presentation). This guide can be used by stakeholders to assess the occurrence of Myocarditis and Pericarditis in several settings including as an adverse event following immunization.