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Recognizing Kounis Syndrome: A Report of Type 2 Kounis Syndrome and a Brief Review of Management [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Kounis syndrome is an underdiagnosed medical condition and represents acute coronary syndrome in the setting of allergic reaction. With the increasing prevalence of allergic reactions, more cases of Kounis syndrome are being reported in the literature.
Clemen, Britney +7 more
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Type I Kounis syndrome induced by COVID-19 vaccination in China: a case report
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023 Background Kounis syndrome is a rare clinical condition characterized by the occurrence of an acute coronary event induced by an acute allergic episode.
Yubing Deng, Zhujun Peng, Xiaoping Peng
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CJC Open, 2022 We describe a case of Kounis syndrome, an allergic reaction causing coronary artery vasospasm, triggered by a vancomycin infusion, in a healthy 32-year-old man.
Luke R. Gagnon, MD +3 more
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Lepirudin Anaphylaxis and Kounis Syndrome [PDF]
Circulation, 2004 To the Editor: In an ongoing lepirudin pharmacosurveillance program, Greinacher et al1 reported that 4 patients experienced fatal anaphylaxis after reexposure to lepirudin and died shortly after the onset of the event. Three patients died from acute cardiorespiratory arrest and 1 from acute myocardial infarction.
Constantinos M, Koutsojannis +1 more
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Kounis Syndrome: Dexketoprofen-Associated ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021 Allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction are common diseases associated with acute coronary syndromes and encompass a wide spectrum of mast cell activation disorders termed "Kounis Syndrome".
Aytekin Aksakal +3 more
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Case Report: Phloroglucinol-Induced Kounis Syndrome
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Background: Kounis syndrome is an allergy-related acute coronary syndrome that is induced by various pharmacological and environmental factors. Given that many clinicians are not aware of this condition, many cases may be underdiagnosed. We report a case
Hao-Yu Wu +3 more
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Carboplatin-induced Kounis syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Cardiology Cases, 2011 A 50-year-old man in chemotherapy for an advanced lung adenocarcinoma presented with chest pain and cutaneous rash during carboplatin infusion with electrocardiographic (ECG) evidence of an inferior lesion wave. The administration of steroids and nitrates promptly resulted in clinical and ECG normalization, without enzymatic dismission.
Baroni, Matteo +3 more
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Kounis Syndrome: A Sting to the Heart
Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2023 Abstract A 67-year-old woman experienced pruritus, an urticarial rash, and acute, pressure-like chest pain following an insect sting. Initial electrocardiographic findings were notable for ST-segment elevations in the inferior leads without reciprocal changes, but a follow-up electrocardiogram showed pronounced ST-segment elevations in the ...
Rahul V, Annabathula +2 more
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Kounis syndrome: A rare case of allergic angina secondary to loxoscelism
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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Cardiogenic Shock due to Kounis Syndrome following Cobra Bite
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2019 Kounis syndrome is associated with mast cell activation resulting in acute coronary syndrome secondary to an allergic insult. Various drugs such as antibiotics, analgesics, and environmental exposures such as bee, wasp sting, and poison ivy are known to ...
W. D. D. Priyankara +6 more
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