Hemi Orolingual Angioedema after tPA Administration for Acute Ischemic Stroke
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Hemi Orolingual Angioedema after tPA Administration for Acute Ischemic Stroke
INTRODUCTION As studies continue to demonstrate the efficacy of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in acute ischemic stroke, the exclusion criteria continue to narrow, and the time-window continues to increase.1-3 The most dreaded adverse effect of tPA, hemorrhagic conversion of an ischemic stroke, is well known and well published.3 However, as an increasing number of patients are r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.12.24210