Alteplase side effects

List of side effects
Cardiovascular CNS Dermatologic GI Genitourinary Hypersensitivity Miscellaneous

Cardiovascular

 * All strokes (2%);
 * arrhythmia;
 * AV block;
 * cardiogenic shock;
 * heart failure;
 * cardiac arrest;
 * recurrent ischemia;
 * myocardial reinfarction;
 * myocardial rupture;
 * electromechanical dissociation;
 * pericardial effusion;
 * pericarditis;
 * mitral regurgitation;
 * cardiac tamponade;
 * thromboembolism;
 * pulmonary edema;
 * hypotension;
 * pulmonary re-embolization.

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Cathflo Activase


 * Venous thrombosis;
 * major hemorrhage;
 * intracranial hemorrhage;
 * pulmonary emboli;
 * upper extremity deep vein thrombosis.

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CNS

 * Cerebral edema;
 * cerebral herniation;
 * seizure.

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Dermatologic

 * Ecchymosis (1%);
 * injection-site hemorrhage.

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GI

 * Bleeding (5%);
 * nausea;
 * vomiting.

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Genitourinary

 * Bleeding (4%).

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Hypersensitivity

 * Allergic-type reactions (e.g, anaphylactoid reactions, laryngeal edema, orolingual angioedema, rash, urticaria).

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Miscellaneous

 * Fever;
 * pleural effusion.

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Cathflo Activase


 * Sepsis;
 * death.

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