Open AccessKounis Syndrome: Dexketoprofen-Associated ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Aytekin Aksakal,
Zeki Şimşek,
Diyar Köprülü,
Uğur Arslan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2021_003006
Subject(s) - kounis syndrome , medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , acute coronary syndrome , angina , anaphylaxis , allergy , immunology
Allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction are common diseases associated with acute coronary syndromes and encompass a wide spectrum of mast cell activation disorders termed "Kounis Syndrome". We present here a patient with Kounis syndrome presenting with sudden cardiac arrest after intravenous infusion of dexketoprofen in the emergency room.
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