| Literature DB >> 16703201 |
Panagiotis Korantzopoulos1, Evaggelos Kountouris, Maria Voukelatou, Ioannis Charaktsis, Vasiliki Dimitroula, Konstantinos Siogas.
Abstract
The authors briefly describe an 87-year-old man who experienced an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the context of an anaphylactic reaction caused by a European hornet (Vespa cabro linnaeus) envenomation. This unusual case highlights the potential cardiovascular complications associated with common insect stings such as those caused by hymenoptera. Thus, a thorough cardiovascular evaluation is essential in such cases since the vasoactive, inflammatory, and thrombogenic mediators of anaphylactic reactions may provoke myocardial ischemia.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16703201 DOI： 10.1177/000331970605700317
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angiology ISSN： 0003-3197 Impact factor: 3.619