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Immune System Diseases > Hypersensitivity > Kounis Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Myocardial Ischemia > Kounis Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Myocardial Ischemia > Kounis Syndrome

Preferred term

Kounis Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Allergic Acute Coronary Syndrome
  • Allergic Angina Syndrome
  • Allergic Angina Syndromes

Scope note

  • A disorder of cardiac function secondary to hypersensitivity reactions. It is characterized by coexistence of acute coronary syndromes and cardiac MAST CELL and PLATELET ACTIVATION. It may be induced by exposure to drugs (e.g., antibiotics, anesthetics, contrast media), food, and environmental triggers (e.g., insect bites and stings, poison ivy).

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000074962

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