Acute myocardial infarction after a wasp sting.
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[Acute myocardial infarction after wasp sting].
Myocardial infarction after wasp sting is a rare event and this complication has been described in only a few previous occasions. We report the case of a 77-year-old patient admitted to our hospital because of an anaphylactic shock after he was stung by a wasp on the fifth finger of the left hand. Within about half an hour he sustained an acute myocardial infarction. Possible pathogenetic mecha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.59.4.506