Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism

Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and chemokines. Herein, we discuss a case of Kounis...

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Autores principales: Mohta, Alpana, Mohta, Alok, Mohta, Apoorv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10373806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37521219
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.idoj_507_22
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Sumario:Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and chemokines. Herein, we discuss a case of Kounis syndrome, which was brought on by loxoscelism.

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