Kounis syndrome: Beware of bee sting!
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چکیده
The Kounis syndrome is described as acute coronary associated with allergic reaction. It can be triggered by various causes and significant morbidity mortality. important for physician to recognize this its clinical significance it misdiagnosed the management requires attention both cardiac anaphylactic pathophysiology. We reported a case of infero-posterior myocardial infarction bee sting, discussed possible underlying mechanism, treatments successful outcome.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2582-5542']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjbphs.2023.13.2.0103