| Literature DB >> 16963692 |
Martijn C Post1, Werner Budts.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16963692 DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.3.896
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chest ISSN: 0012-3692 Impact factor: 9.410