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Headache as a Presentation of Angina: Reproduction of Symptoms During Angioplasty
Author(s) -
Bowen James,
Oppenheim Gary
Publication year - 1993
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.1526-4610.1993.hed3305238.x
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , angioplasty , angina , reproduction , medicine , cardiology , primary angioplasty , surgery , myocardial infarction , biology , percutaneous coronary intervention , ecology
SYNOPSIS We report a case of angina presenting as headache in a 59‐year‐old man. Headaches were relieved by nitroglycerin and were reproduced by occlusion of the first obtuse marginal artery during angioplasty. Headaches resolved after successful angioplasty. The temporal relationship between coronary artery occlusion and the headache suggests that headache angina is due to referred pain rather than a generalized vaso‐spastic disorder.