Coronary Artery Spasm Associated with Eosinophilia: Another Manifestation of Kounis Syndrome?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-164

  Kounis, George N ^a   Kounis, Sophia A ^a   Hahalis, George ^a   Kounis, Nicholas G ^a  

^a Patras Highest Institute of Education and Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HISTAMINE;

ALLERGY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LETTER; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE;

EID: 63249137011     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.09.008     Document Type: Letter

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