Raising awareness of orolingual angioedema as a complication of thrombolysis in acute stroke patients

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-308

  Ottomeyer, Caroline ^a   Hennerici, Michael G ^a   Szabo, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OROLINGUAL ANGIOEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANGIOEDEMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; FACE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIP; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TONGUE;

EID: 59649126453     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201558     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Engelter ST, Fluri F, Buitrago-Téllez C, Marsch S, Steck AJ, Ruegg S, Lyrer PA: Life-threatening orolingual angioedema during thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke. J Neurol 2005;252:1167-1170.
2. Hill MD, Lye T, Moss H, Barber PA, Demchuk AM, Newcommon NJ, Green TL, Kenney C, Cole-Haskayne A, Buchan AM: Hemi-orolingual angioedema and ACE inhibition after alteplase treatment of stroke. Neurology 2003;60: 1525-1527.
3. Hill MD, Barber PA, Takahashi J, Demchuk AM, Feasby TE, Buchan AM: Anaphylactoid reactions and angioedema during alteplase treatment of acute ischemic stroke. CMAJ 2000;162: 1281-1284.
4. Bennett WR, Yawn DH, Migliore PJ, Young JB, Pratt CM, Raizner AE: Activation of the complement system by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987;10: 627-632.
5. Rudolf J, Grond M, Prince WS, Schmülling S, Heiss WD: Evidence of anaphylaxy after alteplase infusion. Stroke 1999;30: 1142-1143.
6. Molinaro G, Gervais N, Adam A: Biochemical basis of angioedema associated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator treatment - an in vitro experimental approach. Stroke 2002;33: 1712-1716.
7. Diserens K, Vuadens P, Michel P, Reichhart M, Herrmann R, Arnold P, Bogousslavsky, Ghika J: Acute autonomic dysfunction contralateral to acute strokes: a prospective study of 100 consecutive cases. Eur J Neurol 2006;13:14-18.
8. Pancioli A, Brott T, Donaldson V, Miller R: Asymmetric angioneurotic edema associated with thrombolysis for acute stroke. Ann Emerg Med 1997;30:227-229.
9. Rudolf J, Grond M, Schmulling S, Neveling M, Heiss W: Orolingual angioneurotic edema following therapy of acute ischemic stroke with alteplase. Neurology 2000;55:599-600.
10. Papamitsakis NI, Kuyl J, Lutsep HL, Clark WM: Benign angioedema after thrombolysis for acute stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2000;9:79-81.
11. Jahnke HK: An 89-year-old woman with angioedema during t-PA infusion for acute ischemic stroke. J Emerg Nurs 2003;29:142-144.
12. Hill MD, Buchan AM: Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: results of the Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study. CMAJ 2005;172:1307-1312.
13. Rafii MS, Koenig M, Ziai WC: Orolingual angioedema associated with ACE inhibitor use after rtPA treatment of acute stroke. Neurology 2005;65:1906.
14. Schwammenthal Y, Tsabari R, Bakon M, Orion D, Merzeliak O, Tanne D: Trombolysis in acute stroke. Isr Med Assoc J 2006;8:784-787.
15. Krmpotic KR, Fernandes CM: Anaphylactoid reaction to recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. Eur J Emerg Med 2007;14:60-61.