Hymenoptera sting-induced Kounis syndrome: Effects of aspirin and β-blocker administration

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-108

  Ioannidis, Tzanetos I ^a,b   Mazarakis, Andreas ^a,b   Notaras, Stavros P ^a,b   Karpeta, Maria Z ^a,b   Tsintoni, Asimina C ^a,b   Kounis, George N ^a,b   Rallis, Dimitrios G ^a,b   Kounis, Nicholas G ^a,b  

^a Cardiology Amaliada State General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

blockers; Allergic angina; Allergic myocardial infarction; Aspirin; Hymenoptera; Kounis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEART ENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; METOPROLOL; RANITIDINE; SIMVASTATIN; TROPONIN; TRYPTASE; WASP VENOM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE TEST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERVENTILATION; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; ORBIT EDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVOCATION TEST; PULSE OXIMETRY; RASH; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SKIN ALLERGY; THORAX PAIN; URTICARIA;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYNDROME; TRYPTASES; URTICARIA; WASPS;

EID: 34548021404     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.039     Document Type: Article

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