TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Acute myocardial infarction following honeybee sting
JO  - BMJ case reports
A1  - Puttegowda, Beeresh
A1  - Chikkabasavaiah, Nagamani
A1  - Basavappa, Ramesh
A1  - Akmal Khateeb, Syed Tanveer
SP  - 2014
EP  - 203832
VL  - 2014
IS  - 
N2  - The occurrence of acute myocardial infarction following a honeybee sting has been very rarely reported in the previous literature. Possible pathogenetic mechanisms include severe hypotension, rarely hypertension and coronary vasospasm with subsequent thrombosis of coronary vessels developed after the release of vasoactive, inflammatory and thrombogenic substances contained in the bee venom. This syndrome is also known as Kounis syndrome. We report a case of a 32-year-old man who presented with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction within 3 h of honeybee sting. He was treated with thrombolytic therapy. Coronary angiogram revealed normal coronary arteries.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-203832
ID  - ref1
ER  -