Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9960995 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Transcatheter closure of PFO or ASD results in complete resolution of MHA in 60% of patients (75% of patients with migraine and aura) and improvement in symptoms in 40% of the remaining patients. Interatrial communications may play a role in the etiology of MHA either through paradoxic embolism or humoral factors that escape degradation in bypassing the pulmonary circulation. A randomized trial is needed to determine whether transcatheter closure of interatrial shunts is an effective treatment for MHA.
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Authors
Babak MD, Jonathan MD, William MD, Vicki BA, Catherine BA, Richard Gaster,