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Acute Myocardial Infarction After a European Hornet Sting

A Case Report

Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, MD

Department of Cardiology, "G. Hatzikosta" General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece, pkor{at}oneway.gr

Evaggelos Kountouris, MD

Department of Cardiology, "G. Hatzikosta" General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece

Maria Voukelatou, MD

Department of Cardiology, "G. Hatzikosta" General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece

Ioannis Charaktsis, MD

Department of Cardiology, "G. Hatzikosta" General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece

Vasiliki Dimitroula, MD

Department of Cardiology, "G. Hatzikosta" General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece

Konstantinos Siogas, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, "G. Hatzikosta" General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece

The authors briefly describe an 87-year-old man who experienced an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the context of an anaphylactic reaction caused by a European hornet (Vespa cabro linnaeus) envenomation. This unusual case highlights the potential cardiovascular complications associated with common insect stings such as those caused by hymenoptera. Thus, a thorough cardiovascular evaluation is essential in such cases since the vasoactive, inflammatory, and thrombogenic mediators of anaphylactic reactions may provoke myocardial ischemia.

Angiology, Vol. 57, No. 3, 383-386 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970605700317
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