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Kounis syndrome or allergic coronary vasospasm in a two-year-old.

Brodie Parent1, Peter Wearden, Nicholas G Kounis, Constantinos Chrysostomou.   

Abstract

Kounis syndrome is coronary vasospasm because of mast cell degranulation in the context of an allergic reaction. The syndrome has known associations with several drugs used during anesthesia, including rocuronium and isoflurane. In this case report, we discuss a 2-year-old patient who developed signs and symptoms of an acute coronary syndrome soon after anesthesia for atrial septal defect repair. A diagnostic angiography after the episode revealed diffusely small coronary arteries. Subsequent angiography after clinical improvement showed essentially normal coronary anatomy. We report the clinical course of this patient and postulate that Kounis syndrome was the explanation for his transient coronary vasospasm. To date, this is the youngest known patient with reported Kounis syndrome.
© 2011 Copyright the Authors. Congenital Heart Disease © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Year:  2011        PMID: 21418536     DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00499.x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Congenit Heart Dis        ISSN: 1747-079X            Impact factor:   2.007


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Journal:  World J Cardiol       Date:  2014-10-26

2.  Combined etiology of anaphylactic cardiogenic shock: amiodarone, epinephrine, cardioverter defibrillator, left ventricular assist devices and the Kounis syndrome.

Authors:  Nicholas G Kounis; George D Soufras; Periklis Davlouros; Grigorios Tsigkas; George Hahalis
Journal:  Ann Card Anaesth       Date:  2015 Apr-Jun

3.  Kounis syndrome: a clinical entity penetrating from pediatrics to geriatrics.

Authors:  Mattia Giovannini; Ioanna Koniari; Francesca Mori; Silvia Ricci; Luciano De Simone; Silvia Favilli; Sandra Trapani; Giuseppe Indolfi; Nicholas George Kounis; Elio Novembre
Journal:  J Geriatr Cardiol       Date:  2020-05       Impact factor: 3.327

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