Cardiology · Cardiology / Coronary artery disease
Kounis syndrome
also: Allergic angina; allergic myocardial infarction
Acute coronary syndrome triggered by allergic or hypersensitivity reactions.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Coronary artery disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes, rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Allergic angina; allergic myocardial infarction
Etiology & mechanism
Mast cell activation releases mediators causing coronary vasospasm or plaque rupture.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (7)
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Shares genes with
None.
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