Myocardial infarction following a bee sting: A case report of Kounis syndrome

In this case report study a 41-year-old man envenomed by a bee sting and diagnosed as Kounis syndrome secondary to hymenoptera envenomation. The patient developed a typical course of myocardial infarction, but the electrocardiogram changes were reversed to almost normal limits. He had a nonsignifica...

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Autores principales: Aminiahidashti, Hamed, Laali, Abolghasem, Samakoosh, Abolhassan Khaje, Gorji, Ali Morad Heidari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27052090
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.179626
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author Aminiahidashti, Hamed
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description In this case report study a 41-year-old man envenomed by a bee sting and diagnosed as Kounis syndrome secondary to hymenoptera envenomation. The patient developed a typical course of myocardial infarction, but the electrocardiogram changes were reversed to almost normal limits. He had a nonsignificant mild lesion in the proximal port of right coronary artery in coronary angiography. The case recovered and discharged after 6 days hospitalization. The clinical implications and pathophysiology of this dangerous association are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-49003512016-06-16 Myocardial infarction following a bee sting: A case report of Kounis syndrome Aminiahidashti, Hamed Laali, Abolghasem Samakoosh, Abolhassan Khaje Gorji, Ali Morad Heidari Ann Card Anaesth Case Report In this case report study a 41-year-old man envenomed by a bee sting and diagnosed as Kounis syndrome secondary to hymenoptera envenomation. The patient developed a typical course of myocardial infarction, but the electrocardiogram changes were reversed to almost normal limits. He had a nonsignificant mild lesion in the proximal port of right coronary artery in coronary angiography. The case recovered and discharged after 6 days hospitalization. The clinical implications and pathophysiology of this dangerous association are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4900351/ /pubmed/27052090 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.179626 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Myocardial infarction following a bee sting: A case report of Kounis syndrome
title_fullStr Myocardial infarction following a bee sting: A case report of Kounis syndrome
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title_short Myocardial infarction following a bee sting: A case report of Kounis syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27052090
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.179626
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