Key result
Cardiac cephalalgia is generally benign but carries potential risks for death, warranting high suspicion for anginal headache in patients with atherosclerosis risk and exertional headache.
Case Report (n=34)
Exertional headache in patients with risk factors for atherosclerosis should prompt clinical suspicion and work-up for acute cardiac ischemia.
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Supports ischemia evaluation for exertional headache with atherosclerosis risks; leaves open prospective validation of cardiac cephalalgia prognosis.
Wei et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Cardiac cephalalgia (n=34). Exertional headache as presentation of acute cardiac ischemia was evaluated. Cardiac cephalalgia is generally benign but carries potential risks for death, warranting high suspicion for anginal headache in patients with atherosclerosis risk and exertional headache.
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