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Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache

Recent investigations documented that the prevalence of right–to–left shunt (RLS) in patients with migraine with aura (MA) is significantly higher than in healthy controls and similar to prevalence of RLS in young patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS). Nevertheless, little data are available in the...

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Autores principales: Morelli, N., Gori, S., Cafforio, G., Gallerini, S., Baldacci, F., Orlandi, G., Murri, L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3452021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16362676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-005-0197-7
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author Morelli, N.
Gori, S.
Cafforio, G.
Gallerini, S.
Baldacci, F.
Orlandi, G.
Murri, L.
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description Recent investigations documented that the prevalence of right–to–left shunt (RLS) in patients with migraine with aura (MA) is significantly higher than in healthy controls and similar to prevalence of RLS in young patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS). Nevertheless, little data are available in the literature about RLS prevalence in the other forms of primary headache. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of RLS in patients with cluster headache (CH). We enrolled 30 consecutive patients with CH diagnosis according to the IHS criteria and 40 controls. RLS was assessed with bilateral transcranial Doppler contrast (TCDc) monitoring of middle cerebral arteries. Eleven patients (37%) resulted positive to TCDc monitoring for evaluation of RLS. These data show that the presence of RLS in this group is more prevalent than in the general population and similar to that found in MA and in CS.
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spelling pubmed-34520212012-11-29 Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache Morelli, N. Gori, S. Cafforio, G. Gallerini, S. Baldacci, F. Orlandi, G. Murri, L. J Headache Pain TACs AND CRANIAL NEURALAGIA Recent investigations documented that the prevalence of right–to–left shunt (RLS) in patients with migraine with aura (MA) is significantly higher than in healthy controls and similar to prevalence of RLS in young patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS). Nevertheless, little data are available in the literature about RLS prevalence in the other forms of primary headache. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of RLS in patients with cluster headache (CH). We enrolled 30 consecutive patients with CH diagnosis according to the IHS criteria and 40 controls. RLS was assessed with bilateral transcranial Doppler contrast (TCDc) monitoring of middle cerebral arteries. Eleven patients (37%) resulted positive to TCDc monitoring for evaluation of RLS. These data show that the presence of RLS in this group is more prevalent than in the general population and similar to that found in MA and in CS. Springer-Verlag 2005-07-20 2005-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3452021/ /pubmed/16362676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-005-0197-7 Text en © Springer-Verlag Italia 2005
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Morelli, N.
Gori, S.
Cafforio, G.
Gallerini, S.
Baldacci, F.
Orlandi, G.
Murri, L.
Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
title Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
title_full Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
title_fullStr Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
title_short Prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
title_sort prevalence of right–to–left shunt in patients with cluster headache
topic TACs AND CRANIAL NEURALAGIA
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3452021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16362676
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