The heart and coronary arteries as primary target in severe allergic reactions: Cardiac troponins and the Kounis hypersensitivity-associated acute coronary syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-84

  Kounis, Nicholas G ^a   Mazarakis, Andreas ^b   Bardousis, Constantinos ^b   Patsouras, Nicholas ^c  

^a Highest Institute of Education and Technology   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Angioedema; Kounis syndrome; Troponins

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CORTICOSTEROID; GELATIN SUCCINATE; INFUSION FLUID; INOTROPIC AGENT; METARAMINOL; RINGER ACETATE; STEROID; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLAPSE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TROPONIN I BLOOD LEVEL; URTICARIA; VASODILATATION; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84940399432     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.142     Document Type: Article

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