Increased prevalence of migraine in adult congenital heart disease

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 93; no. 3; pp. 361 - 362
• Main Authors: Hermans, Hadewich, Post, Martijn C, Thijs, Vincent, Spaepen, Marijke, Budts, Werner I H L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.03.2007; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; Case-Control Studies; Congenital diseases; Defects; Endothelium; Female; Headaches; Heart; Heart Defects, Congenital - complications; Hemoglobin; Humans; Hypotheses; MA; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Migraine; migraine with aura; Migraine with Aura - etiology; migraine without aura; Migraine without Aura - etiology; Neurology; Patients; Prevalence; Scientific Letter; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Human; Nervous system diseases; Prevalence; Migraine; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Phlebology; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Pain; Central nervous system disease; Adult; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Congenital cardiopathy; Cerebrovascular disease
• ISSN: 1355-6037; 1468-201X
• DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.100685

[...]the assumed link between migraine and congenital heart disease concentrated almost only on right-to-left shunting and the hypothesis of vasoactive agents entering the systemic circulation without being filtered in the lung vessels. 1, 2 However, the data of our study suggest that, besides a right-to-left shunt, the presence of a random congenital heart defect was also a significant determinant for the increased prevalence of MA+.