Orolingual angioedema after thrombolysis is not associated with insular cortex ischemia on pre-thrombolysis CT

• Author(s): Pinho, J ; Alves, JN ; Oliveira, L ; Pereira, S ; Barros, JN ; Machado, C ; Amorim, JM ; Santos, AF ; Ribeiro, M ; Ferreira, C
• Date: 2016
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/1122
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
• Subject(s): Tomografia Computorizada; Angioedema; Doenças da Boca; Terapia Trombolítica
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga

Description

Orolingual angioedema (OA) is a well known early complication of treatment with alteplase in ischemic stroke patients. Our aim was to study risk factors for OA in these patients, namely insular cortex ischemia.