Kounis syndrome presenting as ST elevation acute myocardial infarction. 2021

Michael Engheta, and Jonathan Urbanczyk, and Erica Fidone, and Yissela Escobedo, and Timothy Mixon
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Temple and Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, Texas.

Allergic acute coronary syndrome, Kounis syndrome, is a rare cause of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction triggered by an allergic reaction to a drug or environmental allergen, resulting in atheromatous plaque rupture or coronary artery vasospasm. We report three cases of Kounis syndrome presenting as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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