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ArticleEuropean journal of neurology2024

Icatibant averting mechanical ventilation in acute ischemic stroke patient with alteplase-induced orolingual angioedema.

Aikaterini Theodorou, Evangelia-Makrina Dimitriadou, Dimitrios Tzanetakos, Eleni Bakola, Maria Chondrogianni, Lina Palaiodimou, Anna Keramida, Sofia Vassilopoulou, Michael Makris, Georgios P Paraskevas and 1 more

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Article in European journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Aikaterini TheodorouSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7229-2610
Evangelia-Makrina DimitriadouSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios TzanetakosSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eleni BakolaSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Maria ChondrogianniSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Lina PalaiodimouSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Anna KeramidaSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Sofia VassilopoulouFirst Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Michael MakrisAllergy Unit "D. Kalogeromitros", Second Department of Dermatology and Venereology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Georgios P ParaskevasSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Georgios TsivgoulisSecond Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0640-3797
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeOrolingual angioedema (OA) represents a rare but life-threatening complication among patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase. Novel agents, including icatibant, are recommended in resistant patients with alteplase-induced OA who have failed to respond to first-line therapies including corticosteroids, antihistamines, and/or adrenaline.

methodsWe present a patient with alteplase-induced OA who showed substantial clinical improvement following the administration of icatibant.

resultsWe describe a 71-year-old woman with known arterial hypertension under treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, who presented with acute ischemic stroke in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery and received intravenous alteplase. During intravenous thrombolysis, the case was complicated with OA without any response to standard anaphylactic treatment including corticosteroids, dimetindene, and adrenaline. Thirty minutes after symptom onset, icatibant, a synthetic selective bradykinin B2-receptor antagonist, was administered subcutaneously. Substantial symptomatic resolution was observed only following the icatibant administration.

conclusionsThis case highlights the effectiveness of icatibant in the acute management of alteplase-induced OA. In particular, icatibant administration, following first-line therapies including corticosteroids, antihistamines, and/or adrenaline, may avert tracheostomy and intubation in resistant and refractory cases with OA following intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke.

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AngioedemaIschemic StrokeStrokeAdrenal Cortex HormonesAgedBradykininEpinephrineFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHistamine AntagonistsHumansRespiration, ArtificialTissue Plasminogen ActivatorAdrenal Cortex HormonesBradykininEpinephrineFibrinolytic AgentsHistamine AntagonistsicatibantTissue Plasminogen Activatoracute ischemic strokealteplaseicatibantorolingual angioedema

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