Open AccessEffect of migraine treatment on heart
Author(s) -
Amol Raizada,
Satya S. Vittala,
M. Q. Najib,
Patrick A. DeValeria,
Hari P. Chaliki
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer132
Subject(s) - medicine , migraine , cardiology
A 59-year-old woman presented for evaluation of palpitations, orthopnoea, and dyspnoea on exertion. On examination, the patient was found to have an apical holosystolic murmur suggestive of mitral regurgitation. She had no history of rheumatic heart disease but had experienced migraine headaches for which she started taking methysergide when she was 51 years old. She stopped using the methysergide at age 53, when …
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