Scombroid Fish Poisoning Leading to Vasospastic Angina: A Rare Etiology of Chest Pain

Chest pain is commonly reported in emergency departments, and a thorough clinical history is important in distinguishing the etiology. This case highlights Kounis syndrome, a histamine-mediated coronary vasospasm leading to myocardial injury, due to scombroid fish poisoning. (Level of Difficulty: Be...

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Autores principales: Manjur, Jahan E., Ciuffo, Marissa M., Burdowski, Joe, George, Sareena, Kalogeropoulos, Andreas, Chen, On
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.015
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Sumario:Chest pain is commonly reported in emergency departments, and a thorough clinical history is important in distinguishing the etiology. This case highlights Kounis syndrome, a histamine-mediated coronary vasospasm leading to myocardial injury, due to scombroid fish poisoning. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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