Kounis Syndrome: Dexketoprofen-Associated ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  • Aytekin Aksakal
    Cardiology Department, Ordu State Hospital, Ordu, Turkey
  • Zeki Simşek
    Cardiology Department, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Diyar Köprülü
    Cardiology Department, Ordu State Hospital, Ordu, Turkey
  • Uğur Arslan
    Cardiology Department, Samsun Training and Education Hospital, Samsun, Turkey

Keywords

Kounis syndrome, dexketoprofen, allergic myocardial infarction

Abstract

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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    Published: 2021-11-12
    Issue: 2021: Vol 8 No 11 (view)


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    Aksakal A, Simşek Z, Köprülü D, Arslan U. Kounis Syndrome: Dexketoprofen-Associated ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. EJCRIM 2021;8 doi:10.12890/2021_003006.