Headache as a manifestation of a life-threatening vascular disorder

Headache

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 706-709

  Mathys, Jan ^a   Lachat, Mario ^b   Herren, Thomas ^a,c  

^a Limmattal Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Spital Limmattal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Aortic regurgitation; Carotid artery dissection; Headache; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEADACHE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3142776288     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.04130.x     Document Type: Article

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