Kounis syndrome

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1148-1155

  Lopez, Pablo R ^a   Peiris, Alan N ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allergic acute coronary syndrome; allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction; allergic coronary spasm; Kounis syndrome

Indexed keywords

5 AMINO 4 IMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE RIBOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOGENIC AMINE; CHEMOKINE; CHYMASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYTOKINE; DIESEL FUEL; ENZYME; GROWTH FACTOR; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; KETOTIFEN; LATEX; LODOXAMIDE; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; RIBAVIRIN; SARIN; TRYPTASE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ANGINA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANT; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BEE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; EXERCISE INDUCED ANAPHYLAXIS; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GRASS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MASTOCYTOSIS; MILLET; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; POISON IVY; REVIEW; SERUM SICKNESS; SHELLFISH; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT THROMBOSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; URTICARIA; WASP;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 78549267116     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181f8c56f     Document Type: Review

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