Cardiac cephalgia (CC)
Evidence-based neurology checklist on cardiac cephalgia (cc): Pathology This is headache associated with cardiac ischaemia It may be the only manifestation of coronary artery disease It may be the result of cortical hypoperfusion Epidemiology Triggers Clinical features Possible associated features…
Pathology
- This is headache associated with cardiac ischaemia
- It may be the only manifestation of coronary artery disease
- It may be the result of cortical hypoperfusion
Epidemiology
Triggers
Clinical features
Possible associated features
Cardiac investigations
Differential diagnosis
Treatment
References
- Bini A, Evangelista A, Castellini P, et al. Cardiac cephalgia. J Headache Pain 2009; 10:3-9.
- Wassef N, Ali AT, Katsanevaki AZ, Nishtar S. Cardiac cephalgia. Cardiol Res 2014; 5:195-197.
- Chowdhury AW, Saleh MAD, Hasan P, et al. Cardiac cephalgia: a headache of the heart. J Cardiol Cases 2015; 11:139-141.
- Wang M, Wang L, Liu C, Bian X, Dong Z, Yu S. Cardiac cephalalgia: one case with cortical hypoperfusion in headaches and literature review. J Headache Pain 2017; 18:24.
- Navarro-Pérez MP, Espinosa-Rueda J, Ballesta-Martínez S, et al. Prevalence, clinical characteristics and associated factors of cardiac cephalalgia: a prospective study. Cephalalgia 2023; 43:3331024231160743.
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