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

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Orolingual 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.

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

RESULTS: We 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.

CONCLUSIONS: This 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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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

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European journal of neurology - 31(2024), 4 vom: 27. März, Seite e16173

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Theodorou, Aikaterini [VerfasserIn]
Dimitriadou, Evangelia-Makrina [VerfasserIn]
Tzanetakos, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Bakola, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Chondrogianni, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Palaiodimou, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Keramida, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Vassilopoulou, Sofia [VerfasserIn]
Makris, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Paraskevas, Georgios P [VerfasserIn]
Tsivgoulis, Georgios [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7PG89G35Q7
Acute ischemic stroke
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Alteplase
Bradykinin
Case Reports
EC 3.4.21.68
Epinephrine
Fibrinolytic Agents
Histamine Antagonists
Icatibant
Journal Article
Orolingual angioedema
S8TIM42R2W
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
YKH834O4BH

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Date Completed 14.03.2024

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ene.16173

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NLM366461176