Acute myocardial infarction after a European hornet sting: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-386

  Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Kountouris, Evaggelos ^a   Voukelatou, Maria ^a   Charaktsis, Ioannis ^a   Dimitroula, Vasiliki ^a   Siogas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WASP VENOM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENVENOMATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT STING; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBOGENICITY; WASP; ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; INSECT BITE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WASPS;

EID: 33745518775     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970605700317     Document Type: Article

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