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Kounis Syndrome: Kill Two Birds With One Stone. 2021

Takehiro Yamashita, and Yasunori Oguma, and Nicholas G Kounis

Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Hokkaido Ohno Memorial Hospital, 2-1-16-1, Miyanosawa, Nishiku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 063-0052, Japan. t_yamashita@cvc-ohno.or.jp.

A 59-year-old man with a 95% stenosis in his diagonal branch and no stenosis in the right coronary artery (RCA) or left circumflex artery was scheduled for PCI. After exhibiting symptoms consistent with type I Kounis syndrome (KS), nitroglycerin was administered. While giving him intravenous epinephrine to maintain his hemodynamics, the ST level recovered, and he became fully conscious. When he complained of chest pain, a new ST elevation was noticed in the lateral leads, with ST levels in the inferior leads turning into depression. Repeat angiography demonstrated neither spasm nor occlusion in the RCA, while the diagonal branch was completely occluded at the proximal portion, which was considered to be responsible for ST elevation in the lateral leads. This is the first reported case that combined 2 variants of KS in a single event.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D003331	Coronary Vessels	The veins and arteries of the HEART.	Coronary Arteries,Sinus Node Artery,Coronary Veins,Arteries, Coronary,Arteries, Sinus Node,Artery, Coronary,Artery, Sinus Node,Coronary Artery,Coronary Vein,Coronary Vessel,Sinus Node Arteries,Vein, Coronary,Veins, Coronary,Vessel, Coronary,Vessels, Coronary
D004562	Electrocardiography	Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY.	12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000074962	Kounis Syndrome	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).	Allergic Acute Coronary Syndrome,Allergic Angina Syndrome,Allergic Myocardial Infarction,Allergic Angina Syndromes,Allergic Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarction, Allergic
D017023	Coronary Angiography	Radiography of the vascular system of the heart muscle after injection of a contrast medium.	Angiography, Coronary,Angiographies, Coronary,Coronary Angiographies
D062645	Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	A family of percutaneous techniques that are used to manage CORONARY OCCLUSION, including standard balloon angioplasty (PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY), the placement of intracoronary STENTS, and atheroablative technologies (e.g., ATHERECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY; THROMBECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL LASER ANGIOPLASTY). PTCA was the dominant form of PCI, before the widespread use of stenting.	Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization,Coronary Intervention, Percutaneous,Coronary Interventions, Percutaneous,Coronary Revascularization, Percutaneous,Coronary Revascularizations, Percutaneous,Intervention, Percutaneous Coronary,Interventions, Percutaneous Coronary,Percutaneous Coronary Interventions,Percutaneous Coronary Revascularizations,Revascularization, Percutaneous Coronary,Revascularizations, Percutaneous Coronary