These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Acute anterior myocardial infarction after multiple bee stings. A case of Kounis syndrome.
    Author: Mytas DZ, Stougiannos PN, Zairis MN, Tsiaousis GZ, Foussas SG, Hahalis GN, Kounis NG, Pyrgakis VN.
    Journal: Int J Cardiol; 2009 May 29; 134(3):e129-31. PubMed ID: 18554734.
    Abstract:
    A 58-year-old man with no history of cardiac diseases or cardiovascular risk factors was stung by honeybees. Soon after, he gradually developed signs of an allergic reaction followed by severe retrosternal pain. Electrocardiographic, echocardiographic evidence and positive biochemical markers were consistent with an acute anterolateral myocardial infarction. Coronary arteriography showed a left anterior descending artery thrombotic lesion. This is a case of Kounis syndrome, which is the concurrence of acute coronary syndromes with conditions associated with mast cell activation including allergic or hypersensitivity reactions as well as anaphylactic or anaphylactoid insults. The clinical implications and pathophysiology of this dangerous association are discussed.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]