Skip to main content
Device Global Header

Subscribe
or Renew

Advanced Search

This content requires an NEJM.org account. Create a free account now. Already have an account? Sign in .

Images in Clinical MedicineFree Preview

Angioedema after t-PA Infusion

List of authors.
  • Miguel Leal Rato, M.D.,
  • and Mariana Carvalho Dias, M.D.

Select an option below:

This content requires an account.

Create Account

Already have an account?

Sign In

A 78-year-old man presented to the emergency department with weakness on the left side. Fifty-four minutes after the initiation of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, swelling developed on the left side of the tongue, a finding that was consistent with angioedema.

Miguel Leal Rato, M.D.
Mariana Carvalho Dias, M.D.
Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

This content requires an NEJM.org account.

Get access now with a free NEJM.org account.

Create Account