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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2025

From Acute Carditis, Rheumatic Carditis, and Morphologic Cardiac Reactions to Allergic Angina, Allergic Myocardial Infarction, and Kounis Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary and Multisystem Disease.

Nicholas G Kounis, Alexandros Stefanidis, Ming-Yow Hung, Uğur Özkan, Cesare de Gregorio, Alexandr Ceasovschih, Virginia Mplani, Christos Gogos, Stelios F Assimakopoulos, Christodoulos Chatzigrigoriadis and 8 more

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Kounis Syndrome Features in Special Populations.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. A Rare Cause of Life-Threatening Chest Pain: Kounis Syndrome.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Nicholas G KounisDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9751-6710
Alexandros StefanidisFirst Cardiology Department, General Hospital of Nikea, Agios Panteleimon Piraeus, 3 D Mantouvalou Street, 18454 Piraeus, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5814-1859
Ming-Yow HungDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 18 No. 291, Zhongzheng Rd., Zhonghe District, New Taipei City 23561, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6912-7523
Uğur ÖzkanDepartment of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Trakya University, 22030 Edirne, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7552-7654
Cesare de GregorioDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina Medical School, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3022-266X
Alexandr CeasovschihFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0043-9051
Virginia MplaniIntensive Care Unit, Patras University Hospital, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1610-0156
Christos GogosDepartment of Cardiology, Mamatseio, General Hospital of Kozani, 50100 Kozani, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9598-6954
Stelios F AssimakopoulosDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Patras, University Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6901-3681
Christodoulos ChatzigrigoriadisSchool of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0009-0004-5449-0911
Panagiotis PlotasDepartment of Speech Therapy, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5514-7083
Periklis DousdampanisDepartment of Nephrology, Saint Andrews State General Hospital, 26221 Patras, Greece.
Sophia N KouniSpeech Therapy Practice, Queen Olgas Square, 26221 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0009-0008-2544-1044
Grigorios TsigkasDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2779-0765
Nicholas PatsourasDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece.
Gianfranco CalogiuriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Section of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Bari Medical School, 70121 Bari, Italy.
Soheila PourmasumiClinical Research Development Unit, Ali-Ibn Abi-Talib Hospital, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan 7717933777, Iran.
Ioanna KoniariDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This narrative review explains the history of anaphylactic or hypersensitivity reactions, their connection to the cardiovascular system, and Kounis syndrome, which is linked to hypersensitivity. Additional subjects discussed include immunoglobulin E and serum tryptase, common pathways of allergic and nonallergic cardiovascular events, current perspectives on Kounis syndrome, allergic myocardial infarction, allergic angina, and the impact of COVID-19 and its vaccination on Kounis syndrome. Kounis syndrome is a distinct kind of acute vascular disease that affects the coronary, cerebral, mesenteric, peripheral, and venous systems. Kounis syndrome is currently used to describe coronary symptoms linked to disorders involving mast cell activation and inflammatory cell interactions, such as those involving T-lymphocytes and macrophages, which further induce allergic, hypersensitive, anaphylactic, or anaphylactic insults. Platelet activating factor, histamine, neutral proteases like tryptase and chymase, arachidonic acid products, and a range of cytokines and chemokines released during the activation process are among the inflammatory mediators that cause it. Proinflammatory cytokines are primarily produced by mast cells in COVID-19 infections. Mast cell-derived proteases and eosinophil-associated mediators are also more prevalent in the lung tissues and sera of COVID-19 patients. As a modern global threat to civilization, COVID-19 is linked to chemical patterns that can activate mast cells; therefore, allergic stimuli are usually the reason. Virus-associated molecular patterns can activate mast cells, but allergic triggers are typically the cause. By activating SARS-CoV-2 and other toll-like receptors, a variety of proinflammatory mediators, including IL-6 and IL-1β, are released, potentially contributing to the pathology of COVID-19.

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allergic anginaallergic myocardial infarctionCOVID-19degranulationimmunoglobulin EKounis syndromemast celltryptase

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PMID41002604
PMCPMC12470948

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