Allergic myocardial infarction in childhood: Kounis syndrome.
Kounis Syndrome was first described by Kounis as "allergic angina syndrome" progressing to "allergic myocardial infarction". This report describes the first children in the literature presented with Kounis syndrome.
Biteker
Murat
M
Cardiology Department, Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cevizli, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey. murbit2@yahoo.com
Duran
Nilüfer Ekşi
NE
Biteker
Funda Sungur
FS
Civan
Hasret Ayyildiz
HA
Kaya
Hasan
H
Gökdeniz
Tayyar
T
Yildiz
Mustafa
M
Ozkan
Mehmet
M
D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome; D000293:Adolescent; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*