Kounis syndrome following cold urticaria: The swimmer's death

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2014, Pages e52-e53

  Mazarakis, Andreas ^a   Bardousis, Konstantinos ^a   Almpanis, George ^a   Mazaraki, Ira ^a   Markou, Spiros ^a   Kounis, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Highest Institute of Education and Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cold urticaria; Kounis syndrome; Mast cell degranulation; Swimmer's death

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TROPONIN;

AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; CASE REPORT; COLD URTICARIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LETTER; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COLD; COMPLICATION; SWIMMING; URTICARIA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SWIMMING; URTICARIA;

EID: 84922396314     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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