Cardiac cephalalgia presented with a thunderclap headache and an isolated exertional headache: Report of 2 cases

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Cheng, Pei Yu ^a   Sy, Hiu Ngar ^a   Chen, Wei Liang ^a   Chen, Yen Yu ^a,b,c  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angina headache; Cardiac cephalalgia; Cardiac cephalgia; Exertional headache; Myocardial ischemia; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BISOPROLOL; BMI1 PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEART ENZYME; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; NIMODIPINE; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERTIONAL HEADACHE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART CEPHALALGIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; THORAX PAIN; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 77950666561     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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