Acute extensive anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction following bee sting: a rare report of Kounis syndrome in LAD territory

Mohammad Reza Karimlu; Aida Alavi-Moghaddam; Omid Rafizadeh; Arsalan Azizpour; Isa Khaheshi

doi:10.21037/cdt.2016.04.01

Acute extensive anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction following bee sting: a rare report of Kounis syndrome in LAD territory

Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2016 Oct;6(5):466-468. doi: 10.21037/cdt.2016.04.01.

Authors

Mohammad Reza Karimlu¹, Aida Alavi-Moghaddam², Omid Rafizadeh¹, Arsalan Azizpour¹, Isa Khaheshi³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
² School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Cardiovascular Research Center, Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Herein we report a case of extensive anterior myocardial infarction (MI) after bee sting, in 57-year-old man who had no known risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD).

Keywords: Kounis syndrome; ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI).

Publication types

Case Reports