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Descriptor English: Kounis Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Kounis
Descriptor síndrome de Kounis
Entry term(s) infarto de miocardio alérgico
síndrome anginoso alérgico
síndrome coronario alérgico agudo
Scope note: Trastorno de la función cardiaca secundario a reacciones de hipersensibilidad. Se caracteriza por la coexistencia de síndromes coronarios agudos y la ACTIVACIÓN PLAQUETARIA y de los MASTOCITOS en el corazón. Puede ser inducido por la exposición a medicamentos (por ej., antibióticos, anestésicos, medios de contraste), alimentos y por desencadenantes medioambientales (por ej., mordeduras y picaduras de insectos, hiedras venenosas).
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome de Kounis
Descriptor French: Syndrome de Kounis
Entry term(s): Allergic Acute Coronary Syndrome
Allergic Angina Syndrome
Allergic Angina Syndromes
Allergic Myocardial Infarction
Allergic Myocardial Infarctions
Myocardial Infarction, Allergic
Tree number(s): C14.280.647.375
C14.907.585.375
C20.543.560
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074962
Scope note: A disorder of cardiac function secondary to hypersensitivity reactions. It is characterized by coexistence of acute coronary syndromes and cardiac MAST CELL and PLATELET ACTIVATION. It may be induced by exposure to drugs (e.g., antibiotics, anesthetics, contrast media), food, and environmental triggers (e.g., insect bites and stings, poison ivy).
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Acute Coronary Syndrome (2008-2017)
Drug Hypersensitivity (2005-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 56954
Unique ID: D000074962
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/07/07
Kounis Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M000628777
Scope note A disorder of cardiac function secondary to hypersensitivity reactions. It is characterized by coexistence of acute coronary syndromes and cardiac MAST CELL and PLATELET ACTIVATION. It may be induced by exposure to drugs (e.g., antibiotics, anesthetics, contrast media), food, and environmental triggers (e.g., insect bites and stings, poison ivy).
Preferred term Kounis Syndrome
Entry term(s) Allergic Acute Coronary Syndrome
Allergic Angina Syndrome
Allergic Angina Syndromes
Allergic Myocardial Infarction - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000628785
Preferred term Allergic Myocardial Infarction
Entry term(s) Allergic Myocardial Infarctions
Myocardial Infarction, Allergic



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