Migrainous Cerebral Infarction in the Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry

Nine of 2000 consecutive stroke patients included in the Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry over a 10-year period fulfilled the strictly defined International Headache Society criteria for migrainous stroke and in whom other causes of stroke were ruled out. They accounted for 13% of al...

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Published in:Cephalalgia 2003-06, Vol.23 (5), p.389-394
Main Authors: Arboix, A, Massons, J, García-Eroles, L, Oliveres, M, Balcells, M, Targa, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cerebral Infarction - epidemiology
Cerebral Infarction - etiology
Chi-Square Distribution
Confidence Intervals
Female
Humans
ischaemic stroke
Male
Middle Aged
Migraine
Migraine Disorders - complications
Migraine Disorders - epidemiology
migrainous stroke
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Spain - epidemiology
Stroke - epidemiology
Stroke - etiology
unusual cause
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Summary:Nine of 2000 consecutive stroke patients included in the Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry over a 10-year period fulfilled the strictly defined International Headache Society criteria for migrainous stroke and in whom other causes of stroke were ruled out. They accounted for 13% of all first-ever ischaemic stroke of unusual cause. Migrainous stroke was more common in women (67%) and in patients aged ≤ 45 years (78%) compared to the remaining ischaemic strokes of unusual cause. No patient died during hospital stay and 67% were symptom-free at discharge. In the multivariate analysis, nausea or vomiting (odds ratio (OR) 8.40, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.49-47.21) and age (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.91-0.99) were predictors of migrainous stroke. Migrainous stroke is a rare entity. Vascular risk factors are uncommon and the prognosis is generally good. Patients with migrainous stroke present some different clinical features from other ischaemic strokes of unusual aetiology.
ISSN:0333-1024
1468-2982
DOI:10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00534.x