TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between migraine and right-to-left shunt
T2 - Fact or fiction?
AU - Post, Martijn C.
AU - Budts, Werner
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - The prevalence of a right-to-left shunt, both cardiac and pulmonary, is high in patients with migraines, especially migraine with aura. Percutaneous closure of a right-to-left shunt seems to be associated with a pronounced decrease in the number of migraine attacks or its prevalence. In this review, the relationship between migraine and right-to-left shunting is described by highlighting the different pathophysiologic hypotheses.
AB - The prevalence of a right-to-left shunt, both cardiac and pulmonary, is high in patients with migraines, especially migraine with aura. Percutaneous closure of a right-to-left shunt seems to be associated with a pronounced decrease in the number of migraine attacks or its prevalence. In this review, the relationship between migraine and right-to-left shunting is described by highlighting the different pathophysiologic hypotheses.
KW - Arteriovenous malformation
KW - Atrial septal defect
KW - Migraine
KW - Patent foramen ovale
KW - Shunt
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748852398&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1378/chest.130.3.896
DO - 10.1378/chest.130.3.896
M3 - Article
C2 - 16963692
AN - SCOPUS:33748852398
SN - 0012-3692
VL - 130
SP - 896
EP - 901
JO - Chest
JF - Chest
IS - 3
ER -