Kounis syndrome must be considered in the differential diagnosis of myocardial infarction following COVID-19 vaccination

C Allam^{1

2}, M Saouma^{1

2}, Roy Chlawit^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ From the Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Damascus road, Beirut, 175208, Lebanon.
² Department of Cardiology, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Alfred Naccache Blvd, Beirut, 166830, Lebanon.

C Allam et al. QJM. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 14;115(11):783-784.

doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac001.

C Allam^{1

2}, M Saouma^{1

2}, Roy Chlawit^{1

2}

¹ From the Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Damascus road, Beirut, 175208, Lebanon.
² Department of Cardiology, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Alfred Naccache Blvd, Beirut, 166830, Lebanon.

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Comment in

COVID-19 vaccine, myocardial infarction and Kounis syndrome.
Sriwijitalai W, Wiwanitkit V. Sriwijitalai W, et al. QJM. 2022 Mar 22;115(3):193. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac016. QJM. 2022. PMID: 35104343 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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