Anaphylactoid reactions and angioedema during alteplase treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
Among 105 patients given recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA, alteplase) intravenously for acute stroke, 2 (1.9%) had lingual angioedema, which progressed to a fatal anaphylactoid reaction in 1. The authors review the 2 cases and possible mechanisms responsible. They warn that patients w...
Popoln opis
Bibliografske podrobnosti
| Main Authors: |
Hill, MD,
Barber, P,
Takahashi, J,
Demchuk, A,
Feasby, T,
Buchan, A |
|---|
| Format: | Journal article
|
|---|
| Jezik: | English |
|---|
| Izdano: |
2000
|
|---|