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OBJECTIVE
To characterize the clinical features, prognosis and clinical predictors of headache in cardioembolic stroke (CS).
METHODS
Descriptive study of 480 patients with CS included in the Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry over a 17 year period. The vascular risk factors, clinical
Are oral contraceptive users who also suffer from migraine headaches at higher risk of having a cerebrovascular accident? The data are inconclusive in establishing that women who used the relatively higher-dose pills prescribed in the 1960s have a higher risk of either thrombotic or hemorrhagic
The presence of headache within a 72-h interval of stroke onset was investigated in a cohort of 145 lacunar infarcts. Fourteen (10%) experienced diffuse or bilateral headache. Hypertension was less frequent (43 vs 76%; 95% CI: 6 to 60%) and of shorter duration (2.4 vs 7.8 years; t = 2.29; p = 0.02)
OBJECTIVE
Headache is a common symptom in acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, but many aspects of its association with other clinical factors are controversial.
METHODS
We analyzed characteristics of headache symptoms at stroke onset and associations between headache at stroke onset and at
We aimed to describe and classify headaches associated with acute stroke, by interviewing patients consecutively admitted to a stroke unit using a validated headache questionnaire and the International Classification of Headache Disorders of the International Headache Society (IHS). One hundred and
In this clinical update, we selected recent publications relevant to common neurological concerns in women, with specific attention to stroke, cognition, and headache. We have chosen to highlight articles on sex differences in stroke and stroke treatment, the effect of hormone therapy on stroke risk
Headache as symptom of stroke is linked to gender, history of migraine, younger age, cerebellar stroke, and low blood pressure. These associations have been controversial, large scale studies are missing. We used the stroke in young fabry patients study to examine the association of demographic,
Six patients who fulfilled strictly defined criteria for migrainous cerebral infarction and in whom other causes of stroke were ruled out were observed. All had a long-standing history of migraine with aura. In most, stroke was mild with good recovery and no recurrence. Headache frequency and
Thirty-four percent of 182 ischemic stroke patients registered during 1 year in a prospective hospital stroke data base complained of headache within a 72-hour interval of stroke onset. Headache was more common in patients under 70 years of age, in nonsmokers, in those with a past history of
BACKGROUND
Sub-arachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral venous thrombosis and cerebral reversible angiopathies are the main causes of secondary thunderclap headache. Ischemic stroke is rarely revealed by thunderclap headache.
METHODS
A 80-year-old woman developed for the first time a thunderclap headache
Background We have recently shown that the presence of headache in ischemic stroke is associated with lesions of the insular cortex. The aim of this post-hoc subgroup analysis was to investigate the association of specific headache features with stroke location in patients with acute ischemic
OBJECTIVE
To assess whether the infarction topography influenced upon the incidence of headache and the likelihood of neurological recovery in lacunar infarction.
BACKGROUND
The relationship between topography of infarction and the incidence of headache as well as the influence of headache on
BACKGROUND
Elevation of blood pressure (BP) is common in acute cerebral infarction, with several studies reporting a high plasma catecholamine level or previous hypertension as a contributory factor. However, more comprehensive studies on associated clinical parameters are lacking. Our main aim in
Lambl's excrescences are filiform structures attached to the edges of cardiac valves and have been associated with stroke. Here we report two patients with Lambl's excrescences who developed migraine-like headaches followed by cerebral infarction. Their Lambl's excrescences were first identified by
BACKGROUND
Previous studies have shown an increased risk of stroke among patients with migraine. However, very few data are available on the possible association between chronic unspecified headache and the risk of stroke.
METHODS
A prospective cohort study including 35,056 randomly selected Finnish