mitral valve prolapse/headache

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and abnormalities of haemostasis in children and adolescents with migraine with aura (MA) compared with peers affected by other idiopathic headaches. METHODS We recruited 20 MA patients (10 men and 10 women; age range 8-17 years)

Migraine is episodic, paroxysmal disorder where the headache represents the central symptom and is followed with different combinations of neurologic, gastrointestinal and vegetative changes. Not until the diagnostic procedures were developed, ischemic lesions were verified even in the patients with

Fifty patients with prolapse of the mitral valve and clinical diagnosis of migraine are analyzed, all being given a cardio-circulatory examination for an adequate clinical correlation between both illnesses. In this study we show a comparison of the patient's age, the duration and frequency of

The recent development of new drug therapies for headache disorders has allowed for the tailoring of treatment to specific patient needs. This paper reviews the pharmacologic management of patients with both headache and concomitant medical illness. The discussion specifically includes the treatment

We herein report a case of infective endocarditis associated with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in a 34-year-old man with Klinefelter syndrome. The patient was admitted with a fever and headache that had persisted for three weeks. Repeated blood cultures showed growth of Streptococcus oralis.

Evidence of a link between headache symptoms and cardiovascular disease has rapidly grown in recent years and it is of utmost importance for the cardiologist and neurologist to be aware of this intimate connection. A brief overview of different cardiovascular diseases (namely hypertension, stroke,

Symptoms of mitral valve prolapse syndrome, the most common valvular disorder, include anxiety, fatigue, palpitations, headaches, and chest pain, to name a few. This syndrome is effectively treated in a nurse-managed, outpatient clinic that specializes in the treatment of mitral valve prolapse

We examined a group of former oral contraceptive (OC) users, who had experienced cerebrovascular insufficiency, for the presence of hypercoagulable states. We found hypercoagulability in this group in the form of decreased plasma antithrombin III activity, increased platelet coagulant activity, and

Patients with classic migraine (69 women and 31 men) selected randomly from a practice list of over 1000 were matched for age, sex and neighbourhood with 100 people who did not have headache problems, and both groups underwent M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography and clinical examination by

Mitral valve prolapse syndrome, the most common valvular disorder, is associated with symptoms of anxiety, fatigue, palpitations, headaches, chest pain and more. Many non-drug interventions can be employed to alleviate symptoms.

The effects of a 12-week aerobic exercise training protocol on 32 symptomatic women with mitral valve prolapse were studied. Subjects were randomly assigned to control or exercise groups. Exercise subjects completed a 12-week (3 times per week) exercise training program based on guidelines

The authors studied the prevalence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in the group of 656 children and adolescents (329 males and 327 females), who were a representative sample (obtained with the Monte Carlo method of statistical trials) of all newborns in the city of Maribor, Republic of Slovenia, in

The purpose of this study was to understand why patients with adult congenital heart disease (CHD) but no obvious shunt have an increased frequency of migraine headaches (MH). CHD patients with no known cardiac shunts (CHD-NKS), based on their echocardiographic or angiographic procedures, were

Thirty cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) seen at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar over a period of eight years, were analysed with respect to clinical features, laboratory investigations, radiological findings, complications and outcome. There were 13 males

Takotsubo syndrome (TS), also known as broken heart syndrome, is characterized by left ventricle apical ballooning with elevated cardiac biomarkers and electrocardiographic changes suggestive of an acute coronary syndrome (ie, ST-segment elevation, T wave inversions, and pathologic Q waves). We