[Hypokinetic cardiac arrest and hypereosinophilia: a case of Kounis or Churg-Strauss syndrome?]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2018 Nov;19(11):655-657. doi: 10.1714/3012.30113.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Ischemic heart disease can be caused by multiple factors. However, epidemiological studies have evidenced an association between hypereosinophilia and acute coronary syndrome, most frequently observed in the Kounis and Churg-Strauss syndromes. We here report the case of a 37-year-old man, who was admitted to our hospital for acute coronary syndrome, complicated by hypokinetic cardiac arrest with severe hypereosinophilia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology*
  • Adult
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Eosinophilia / etiology
  • Heart Arrest / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Kounis Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Kounis Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Myocardial Ischemia / etiology