Treatment of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor related angioedema with icatibant
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Treatment of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor related angioedema with icatibant
Background The absolute risk of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor angioedema is 0.3% [1]. The mechanism is felt to be accumulation of bradykinin. The current treatment is discontinuation of ACE-I inhibitor, and intubation if necessary. Icatibant is a bradykinin receptor antagonist, useful in treating hereditary angioedema [2]. We present a patient from a Canadian center who had ACE-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s2-a18