Acute myocardial infarction and Kounis syndrome

Recurrent acute myocardial infarction and Kounis syndrome

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] We present a case of recurrent acute myocardial infarction associated with an allergic reaction in an 83-year-old Italian woman. On July 1, 2008, an 83-year-old Italian woman was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain.…”

Drug eluting stent-induced Kounis syndrome

“…This is the first description of the syndrome by contact with carvaria's larvae. However, association previous PCI and KS has been described [9]. The cause of the ACS, in our patient, was intrastent thrombosis and not simple intrastent stenosis.…”

Kounis syndrome in a patient with ovarian cancer and allergy to iodinated contrast media: Report of a case

“…This topic is an important one since patients affected by ischemic heart disease receiving stent implantation can be prone to hypersensitivity reactions from five potential antigens, namely nickel strut, polymer coating, eluted drug, clopidogrel and aspirin [10]. Some hypersensitivity cases have indeed been associated with implantation of drug eluting coronary stents [11][12][13] and between them a case of intra-stent thrombosis in a subject with allergy to larvae of fly carvaria [14].…”