Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Cardiology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sg Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia ; Department of Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
  • 2 Department of Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Case Rep Cardiol, 2012;2012:701753.
PMID: 24826269 DOI: 10.1155/2012/701753

Abstract

Myocardial infarction as a result of wasp stings is a rare manifestation of acute coronary syndromes. It has been ascribed to kounis syndrome or allergic angina whose triggers include mast cell degranulation leading to coronary vasospasm and/or local plaque destabilisation. Its exact pathophysiology is still not clearly defined. We present a case of an acute coronary syndrome as a consequence of wasp stings and discuss its possible aetiology.

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