Drug-eluting coronary stents: Hypersensitivity reactions to paclitaxel and the risk of Kounis syndrome

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-88

  Soufras, George D ^a   Kounis, George N ^b   Chiladakis, John A ^c   Kounis, Sophia A ^b   Gouvelou Deligianni, Georgia V ^b   Batsolaki, Maria ^b   Kounis, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stents; Hypersensitivity; Kounis syndrome; Paclitaxel

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PACLITAXEL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRONCHOSPASM; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY STENT; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUSHING; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STENT THROMBOSIS; SYNDROME; URTICARIA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; PACLITAXEL;

EID: 67651099138     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000205017     Document Type: Letter

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