Heart Disease
Research from University of Toledo, Department of Neurology broadens understanding of heart disease
Published in Heart Disease Weekly, September 16th, 2007
New investigation results, "Migraine and ischaemic heart disease and stroke: potential mechanisms and treatment implications," are detailed in a study published in Cephalalgia. "The migraine-ischemia relationship is best understood in the context of the pathophysiology of migraine. Potential mechanisms of migrainous infarction (stroke occurring during migraine) include vasospasm, hypercoagulability, and vascular changes related to cortical spreading depression," scientists writing in the journal Cephalalgia report.
"Stroke occurring remote for the migraine attack may be related to arterial dissection, cardioembolism, and endothelial dysfunction....
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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2007-09-16)
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