Bee Attack or Heart Attack: Kounis Syndrome.

Kashmala Khan; Gabor Szalai; Humayun Anjum; Francis Dimtri; Deanna Yamamura; Salim Surani

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.14740

Bee Attack or Heart Attack: Kounis Syndrome.

Kashmala Khan
, Gabor Szalai
, Humayun Anjum
, Francis Dimtri
, Deanna Yamamura
, Salim Surani

Corpus Christi Medical Center

Internal Medicine, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Corpus Christi, USA.
Interventional Cardiology, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Corpus Christi, USA.
Cardiology, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Corpus Christi, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.14740
State	Published - Apr 28 2021

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Cardiology
Internal Medicine

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