Kounis syndrome: A rare case of allergic angina secondary to loxoscelism [PDF]
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2023 Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and ...
Alpana Mohta, Alok Mohta, Apoorv Mohta
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From Acute Carditis, Rheumatic Carditis, and Morphologic Cardiac Reactions to Allergic Angina, Allergic Myocardial Infarction, and Kounis Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary and Multisystem Disease [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseThis narrative review explains the history of anaphylactic or hypersensitivity reactions, their connection to the cardiovascular system, and Kounis syndrome, which is linked to hypersensitivity.
Nicholas G. Kounis +17 more
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Allergic angina following wasp sting: Kounis syndrome. [PDF]
Oxf Med Case Reports, 2015 Kounis syndrome is defined as an acute coronary syndrome triggered by the release of inflammatory mediators following an allergic insult characterized by acute onset of breathlessness, palpitations, diaphoresis and chest tightness (Gázquez V, Dalmau G, Gaig P, Gómez C, Navarro S, Mercé J. Kounis syndrome: report of 5 cases.
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Allergic angina syndrome, allergic myocardial infarct or Kounis syndrome: insights on epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and treatment. A case report by gadolinium anaphylaxis. [PDF]
Arch Cardiol MexKounis syndrome (KS) was first described in 1991 by Kounis and Zavras and is also known as allergic angina syndrome or allergy myocardial infarction. It is a rare, and frequently undiagnosed syndrome that is characterized by an anaphylactic reaction.
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Allergic Angina Syndrome in Anesthesia and Diabetes.
Indian J Crit Care Med, 2018 Kounis NG +4 more
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Editorial: Kounis syndrome (allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction) for cardiologists. [PDF]
J Cardiol Cases, 2015 Sueda S, Sasaki Y, Habara H, Kohno H.
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Awareness of Allergic Angina Syndrome.
Indian J Crit Care Med, 2017 Raut MS, Kar S, Maheshwari A.
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Unstable Angina, Allergic Angina, and Allergic Myocardial Infarction [PDF]
Circulation, 1999 To the Editor: Nonocclusive thrombus on preexisting plaques, dynamic obstruction, progressive obstruction, inflammation and/or infection, and secondary unstable angina seem to be the 5 not mutually exclusive causes of the unstable angina syndrome. These were suggested in the excellent editorial by E.
Nicholas G. Kounis +2 more
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Kounis Syndrome or Allergic Angina: An Elusive Entity [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2022 Ioannis Mastoris, Brigid C. Flynn
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Japanese heart journal, 1985 Despite a large number of papers concerning coronary spasm, its mechanism still remains unsolved. Several cases have been reported in which coronary spasm was triggered by allergy. Since histamine is one of the causative substances released in allergic reactions, we speculated on some involvement of an allergic mechanism in the pathogenesis of coronary
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