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Kounis syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination: Clinical manifestations, mechanisms and management

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Kounis syndrome is an acute coronary syndrome triggered by allergic mediators that induce coronary vasoconstriction and thrombosis, leading to further myocardial damage and anaphylactic shock. Kounis syndrome is also a rare but severe adverse reaction to
Chengjie Zhao, Ruoyan Lei, Siyang Liu, Mingyi Zhao   +3 more
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Kounis syndrome: Acute myocardial infarction following multiple bee stings

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021
Usually, bee sting systemic envenomation is self-limited mild allergic reaction rarely associated with systemic manifestations such as anaphylaxis, myocardial injury, encephalitis, acute kidney injury and serum sickness.
Selladurai Pirasath, Vallipuranathan Senthan, Manosha Harshani Seneviratne   +2 more
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ATAK Complex (Adrenaline, Takotsubo, Anaphylaxis, and Kounis Hypersensitivity-Associated Coronary Syndrome) after COVID-19 Vaccination and Review of the Literature

Vaccines, 2023
Anaphylactic events triggered by mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are neither serious nor frequent. Kounis syndrome is described as the concomitant occurrence of acute coronary events and hypersensitivity reactions induced by vasospastic mediators after an ...
Paola Lucia Minciullo, Giuliana Amato, Federica Vita, Giovanni Pioggia, Sebastiano Gangemi   +4 more
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“A Biomarker‐Based Scoring System to Assess the Presence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Myocardial Infarction”

Clinical Cardiology, Volume 48, Issue 2, February 2025.
Comparison of diagnostic performance in detecting obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with myocardial infarction: the biomarker‐based index demonstrates outstanding discrimination compared to individual biomarker levels (ln BM) and individual índices (4BM).
María Jesús Espinosa Pascual, Jose Antonio Carnicero Carreño, Mariam El Assar, Renee Olsen Rodríguez, Alfonso Fraile Sanz, Paula Rodriguez Montes, Nuria Gil Mancebo, Alberto Sánchez Ferrer, Bárbara Izquierdo Coronel, María Álvarez Bello, María Martín Muñoz, Verónica Cámara Hernández, Miguel de La Serna Real de Asua, Silvia Humanes Ybañez, Patricia Sosa Callejas, Miguel Gutierrez Muñoz, Rebeca Mata Caballero, Paula Awamleh Garcia, Jesús Ángel Perea Egido, Javier López Pais, Leocadio Rodríguez Mañas, Joaquín Jesús Alonso Martín   +21 more
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Acrocyanosis: The Least Known Acrosyndrome Revisited With a Dermatologic Perspective

Dermatology Research and Practice, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Acrocyanosis is a functional peripheral vascular disorder, currently categorized under the canopy of acrosyndromes, i.e., a group of clinically similar and significantly overlapping vascular disorders involving the acral skin. The disorder might be primary or secondary, depending on the cause.
Deniz Demircioğlu, Emel Öztürk Durmaz, Enzo Errichetti   +2 more
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Allergic Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Introduction: Kounis Syndrome was first described in 1991 by Kounis and Zavras as “the concurrence of chest pain during an allergic reaction, accompanied by clinical laboratory findings of classical angina pectoris caused by inflammatory mediators ...
Mehmet Hoxha, Ester Ndreu, Etleva Qirko Loloçi   +2 more
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Effects of statins in patients with coronary artery spasm: A nationwide population‐based study

Clinical and Translational Science, Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2024.
In this retrospective nationwide population‐based cohort study from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database during the period 2000–2012, the matched cohorts consisted of 12,000 patients with CAS. After propensity score matching with 1:1 ratio, 2216 patients were eligible for outcome analysis in either statin or nonstatin group, with the ...
Yu‐Ching Lee, Ming‐Jui Hung, Tien‐Hsing Chen, Chun‐Tai Mao, Chi‐Tai Yeh, Nicholas G. Kounis, Ian Y. Chen, Patrick Hu, Ming‐Yow Hung   +8 more
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Fatal drug reaction to andexanet alfa: a case report

eJHaem, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 829-832, August 2024.
Abstract Andexanet alfa is a recombinant, modified factor Xa (FXa) molecule that is used for the reversal of the anticoagulant effect of oral anti‐FXa anticoagulants in patients with major haemorrhage. Here, we present a case of an 85‐year‐old man taking rivaroxaban for atrial fibrillation, who presented with an acute, upper gastrointestinal bleed.
Richard J. Buka, Mamidipudi T. Krishna, David J. Sutton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement of Scleral Thickness in Humans Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherent Tomography [PDF]

, 2015
Anterior segment optical coherent tomography (AS-OCT, Visante; Zeiss) is used to examine meridional variation in anterior scleral thickness (AST) and its association with refractive error, ethnicity and gender.
Buckhurst, HD, Cubbidge, RP, Gilmartin, B, Logan, NS   +3 more
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Effect of cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitor on some biochemical parameters in normal male rats [PDF]

, 2009
Endogenous cholesterol acts as a precursor of testosterone and other steroids hormones, this study was conducted to evaluate if there is a counterproductive effect associated with inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis pathway specially in high doses and
M. S. Kalo
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