Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with coronary stent implantation is a life-
saving medical procedure that has become, nowadays, the most frequent performed …

Kounis syndrome is defined as the coincidental occurrence of an acute coronary syndrome
with hypersensitivity reactions following an allergic event. The three reported variants of …

Metal-induced allergic reactions are not rare in every day practice but nickel, cobalt and
chromium are the most common offenders. Other metal anions and metal alloys represent …

Background Cephalosporins are an increasingly encountered cause of Kounis syndrome.
The present study examined the clinical features of cephalosporin-induced Kounis …

Kounis syndrome (KS) is a rarely diagnosed condition which should always be kept in mind
when an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) happens in the context of anaphylactic reactions …

A sixty-four year old man with a past history of hypercholesterolemia, asthma, food allergy,
epilepsy and myocardial infarction was admitted to the emergency department because of a …

Cefriaxone is a third-generation cephalosporin that might rarely cause a severe allergic
reaction. Acute cardiac emergencies are quite rare in the setting of drug allergies. Here, we …

Cefuroxime is a broad spectrum antibacterial agent administered in cases of perioperative
prophylaxis. Kounis syndrome is defined as the concurrence of anaphylactic events with …

We read with great interest the manuscript by Ilhan E et al.[1] reporting the case of a 16 year-
old child who developed a misdiagnosed Kounis syndrome (KS) induced by …

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J Cardiol. 2016 Mar 15:207:112-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.103. Epub 2016 Jan 11. Authors …