Coronary stent implantation, eosinophils and the Kounis hypersensitivity associated acute coronary syndrome

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-69

  Kounis, Nicholas G ^a   Tsigkas, Grigorios ^a   Almpanis, George ^a   Kounis, George N ^a   Mazarakis, Andreas ^a   Hahalis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergy; Eosinophil cationic protein; Eosinophils; Hypersensitivity; Kounis syndrome; Stent thrombosis

Indexed keywords

'TAXUS'; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHYPHER; CLOPIDOGREL; ENDEAVOR; EVEROLIMUS; HISTAMINE H4 RECEPTOR; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOTAROLIMUS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; KOUNIS SYNDROME; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAST CELL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT THROMBOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS;

EID: 79960247000     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.008     Document Type: Note

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