CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?

Kounis syndrome is a well-known cause of acute coronary syndrome and more than 100 cases are reported with allergic reactions to various drugs, animal and insect bites, even with drug eluting stents and endovascular devices. In this paper we report five-patients with Kounis syndrome related to diffe...

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Main Authors: Cuneyt Kocas, Ahmet Cagri Aykan, Okay Abaci, Gokhan Cetinkal, Sukru Arslan, Mustafa Yildiz
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Online Access:https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/613
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Okay Abaci
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Sukru Arslan
Mustafa Yildiz
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description Kounis syndrome is a well-known cause of acute coronary syndrome and more than 100 cases are reported with allergic reactions to various drugs, animal and insect bites, even with drug eluting stents and endovascular devices. In this paper we report five-patients with Kounis syndrome related to different drugs. The main characteristic of patients is given in Table 1. All of them were male and their age was from 18 to 35. All patients presented with ST- elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography was performed in all patients and revealed normal coronary arteries. From history of allergic exposure, electrocardiographic, laboratory (Total IgE and tryptase levels) and angiographic findings the diagnosis was Kounis syndrome type I for all patients and was treated with oral antihistamines and prednisolone. Despite Type 1 KS is not associated with atherosclerotic risk factors and CAD all patients in or report and many patients in literature are male. Gender differences in KS should be investigated in further studies.
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spelling doaj-art-4e2e5b095bd94269a2ef8bcef50712c72025-08-20T03:57:09Zrus«FIRMA «SILICEA» LLCРоссийский кардиологический журнал1560-40712618-76202014-04-0104-ENG666710.15829/1560-4071-2014-4-ENG-66-67560CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?Cuneyt Kocas0Ahmet Cagri Aykan1Okay Abaci2Gokhan Cetinkal3Sukru Arslan4Mustafa Yildiz5Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cardiology Institute, IstanbulDepartment of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Educational and Reseach Hospital, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cardiology Institute, IstanbulDepartment of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cardiology Institute, IstanbulDepartment of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cardiology Institute, IstanbulDepartment of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cardiology Institute, IstanbulKounis syndrome is a well-known cause of acute coronary syndrome and more than 100 cases are reported with allergic reactions to various drugs, animal and insect bites, even with drug eluting stents and endovascular devices. In this paper we report five-patients with Kounis syndrome related to different drugs. The main characteristic of patients is given in Table 1. All of them were male and their age was from 18 to 35. All patients presented with ST- elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography was performed in all patients and revealed normal coronary arteries. From history of allergic exposure, electrocardiographic, laboratory (Total IgE and tryptase levels) and angiographic findings the diagnosis was Kounis syndrome type I for all patients and was treated with oral antihistamines and prednisolone. Despite Type 1 KS is not associated with atherosclerotic risk factors and CAD all patients in or report and many patients in literature are male. Gender differences in KS should be investigated in further studies.https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/613kounis syndromegender
spellingShingle Cuneyt Kocas
Ahmet Cagri Aykan
Okay Abaci
Gokhan Cetinkal
Sukru Arslan
Mustafa Yildiz
CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?
Российский кардиологический журнал
kounis syndrome
gender
title CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?
title_full CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?
title_fullStr CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?
title_full_unstemmed CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?
title_short CORONARY ARTERY VASOSPASM SECONDARY TO TYPE I VARIANT KOUNIS SYNDROME: A CASE SERIES OF MEN. IS THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IMPORTANT?
title_sort coronary artery vasospasm secondary to type i variant kounis syndrome a case series of men is the gender differences important
topic kounis syndrome
gender
url https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/613
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