Anaphylaxis from Wasp Stings Inducing Coronary Thrombus | Zendy

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Anaphylaxis from Wasp Stings Inducing Coronary Thrombus

Author(s) -

Sazzli Kasim,

Rafidah AbuBakar,

Eugène McFadden

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2090-6412

pISSN - 2090-6404

DOI - 10.1155/2012/701753

Subject(s) - kounis syndrome , medicine , acute coronary syndrome , anaphylaxis , coronary vasospasm , cardiology , myocardial infarction , vasospasm , etiology , degranulation , angina , unstable angina , pathophysiology , thrombus , allergy , immunology , receptor , subarachnoid hemorrhage

Myocardial infarction as a result of wasp stings is a rare manifestation of acute coronary syndromes. It has been ascribed to kounis syndrome or allergic angina whose triggers include mast cell degranulation leading to coronary vasospasm and/or local plaque destabilisation. Its exact pathophysiology is still not clearly defined. We present a case of an acute coronary syndrome as a consequence of wasp stings and discuss its possible aetiology.

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