Reliability of the Nitroglycerin Provocative Test in the Diagnosis of Neurovascular Headaches

• Published in: Cephalalgia Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 110 - 119
• Main Authors: Sances, G, Tassorelli, C, Pucci, E, Ghiotto, N, Sandrini, G, Nappi, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2004; Blackwell Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; cluster headache; Cluster Headache - chemically induced; Cluster Headache - diagnosis; Diagnostic support; Female; Humans; Male; migraine; Migraine Disorders - chemically induced; Migraine Disorders - diagnosis; Migraine Disorders - genetics; nitroglycerin; Nitroglycerin - adverse effects; Pedigree; Predictive Value of Tests; provocative test; migraine; provocative test; Diagnostic support; nitroglycerin; cluster headache

Nitroglycerin administration provokes spontaneous-like migraine attacks in migraine and cluster headache (CH) patients. Nitroglycerin-induced migraine-like headache has been used as an experimental model of migraine. In this paper, we evaluate the possibility of using the nitroglycerin provocative t...