Recurrent acute myocardial infarction and Kounis syndrome.
Kounis syndrome is the concurrence of acute coronary syndromes with conditions associated with mast cell activation including allergic or hypersensitivity and anaphylactic or anaphylactoid insults. We present a case of recurrent acute myocardial infarction associated with an allergic reaction in an 83-year-old Italian woman.
Patanè
Salvatore
S
Marte
Filippo
F
Currò
Alessio
A
Cimino
Claudia
C
D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence