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Clinical features and risk factors of angiography headache and evaluation of its relationship to primary headaches — an important but neglected problem
Affiliations- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
Introduction. The authors of the article published in the current edition a single-centre prospective cohort study featuring patients who had undergone a diagnostic cerebral angiography procedure and who had experienced a headache associated with the procedure [1]. The authors of ‘Clinical features and risk factors of angiography headache and evaluation of its relationship to primary headaches’ have addressed a common, but rarely discussed, problem of a headache associated with a cerebral angiography procedure – the angiography headache (AH).
Clinical reflections. AH was found in almost a quarter of the patients who had undergone angiography, and was found to be associated with female gender, higher education level, and a history of primary headache.
Clinical implications. It is worth remembering that migraine and tension type headaches are common predisposing factors to headache during and after this procedure.
Abstract
Introduction. The authors of the article published in the current edition a single-centre prospective cohort study featuring patients who had undergone a diagnostic cerebral angiography procedure and who had experienced a headache associated with the procedure [1]. The authors of ‘Clinical features and risk factors of angiography headache and evaluation of its relationship to primary headaches’ have addressed a common, but rarely discussed, problem of a headache associated with a cerebral angiography procedure – the angiography headache (AH).
Clinical reflections. AH was found in almost a quarter of the patients who had undergone angiography, and was found to be associated with female gender, higher education level, and a history of primary headache.
Clinical implications. It is worth remembering that migraine and tension type headaches are common predisposing factors to headache during and after this procedure.
Keywords
angiography headache, migraine, tension type headache
About this articleTitle
Clinical features and risk factors of angiography headache and evaluation of its relationship to primary headaches — an important but neglected problem
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Article type
Invited Editorial
Pages
400-401
Published online
2019-12-31
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DOI
Pubmed
Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2019;53(6):400-401.
Keywords
angiography headache
migraine
tension type headache
Authors
Izabela Domitrz
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