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Intracranial Haemodynamics in Cluster Headache
Author(s) -
Gawel M.J.,
Krajewski A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1988.hed2807484.x
Subject(s) - transcranial doppler , posterior cerebral artery , anterior cerebral artery , cluster headache , middle cerebral artery , medicine , hemodynamics , cerebral blood flow , cerebral arteries , anesthesia , cluster (spacecraft) , blood flow , cardiology , migraine , ischemia , computer science , programming language
SYNOPSIS It is now possible to obtain information about intracranial blood flow velocity by the use of transcranial doppler. We investigated transcranial doppler flow velocities in 42 cluster headache patients, and 41 controls. Interhemispheric asymmetry was significantly greater in the cluster headache group. Within the patient groups, velocities in the middle cerebral artery and posterior cerebral artery, were significantly faster on the headache side and slower in the anterior cerebral artery. Prophylactic medication seems to block these changes.