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Kounis, N.G., Koniari, I., de Gregorio, C., Velissaris, D., Petalas, K., Brinia, A., et al. (2021) Allergic Reactions to Current Available COVID-19 Vaccinations: Pathophysiology, Causality, and Therapeutic Considerations. Vaccines, 9, Article 221.
https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030221

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• TITLE: Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation with Underlying Coronary Artery Disease after COVID-19 Vaccine-Kounis Syndrome or Coincidence

  AUTHORS: Elaine M. C. Chau

  KEYWORDS: Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation, COVID-19 Vaccine, Kounis Syndrome

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.13 No.8, August 26, 2024

  ABSTRACT: A 63-year-old man with diabetes and asymptomatic coronary artery disease developed refractory ventricular arrhythmia at 20 hours at rest after his second COVID-19 vaccine. Despite significant stenosis in the coronary arteries, there was no evidence of acute or old myocardial infarction, heart failure, myocarditis or structural abnormalities on post-mortem to account for the substrate for the fatal arrhythmia. The refractory and incessant nature of the ventricular fibrillation and post-mortem finding of a grossly elevated unexplained IgE level (in the absence of acute myocardial infarction) suggested the possibility of Kounis Syndrome or allergic acute coronary syndrome.