1. Acute myocardial infarction and Kounis syndrome
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Patanè, Salvatore, Marte, Filippo, Di Bella, Gianluca, Chiofalo, Sebastiano, Currò, Alessio, and Coglitore, Sebastiano
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MYOCARDIAL infarction , *MAST cells , *ALLERGIES , *ANAPHYLAXIS , *DISEASES in women , *SURGICAL stents - Abstract
Abstract: Kounis syndrome is the concurrence of acute coronary syndromes with conditions associated with mast cell activation including allergic or hypersensitivity and anaphylactic or anaphylactoid insults. We present a case of acute myocardial infarction associated with an allergic reaction in a 73-year-old Italian woman with recent implantation of stents. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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