Migraine Headache

Closing a common heart defect improves migraine

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, September 29th, 2003

Researchers in Switzerland have observed that closing a small common heart defect (patent foramen ovale, PFO) for the prevention of stroke unexpectedly reduced the occurrence of migraine attacks.

The small hole was nonsurgically closed by placing an umbrella device through a catheter into the heart defect (transcatheter PFO closure). Given that up to half of patients with migraine with aura - that is migraine with perfidious neurological symptoms preceding the headaches - have been found to live with such a small heart defect, this could be a novel treatment for prevention of migraine, noted Dr. Stephan Windecker and colleagues, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Bern,...

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Source: Pain and Central Nervous System Week (2003-09-29)

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