title: Recurrent acute myocardial infarction and Kounis syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patanè
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marte
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Currò
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cimino
mesh_terms: 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