Migraine with aura plays a key role in young adults with unexplained stroke, particularly in women, highlighting the need to ...

A new study suggests the underlying reason for these unexplained, or cryptogenic, strokes could hinge in part on whether ...

Nontraditional risk factors, particularly migraine with aura, play a major role in patients under 50 years old.

New findings reveal that migraines and other nontraditional factors may explain unexplained strokes in adults under 50.

HealthDay News — Traditional risk factors contribute to young-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS) without patent foramen ovale (PFO), while nontraditional risk factors seem more important for CIS ...

Researchers also closely reviewed participants with a heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO), a hole between ... such as blood clots in the veins, migraine with aura, chronic kidney ...

“We were surprised by the role of non-traditional risk factors, especially migraine headaches, which seems to be one of the ...

The findings show that cryptogenic strokes in participants with a patent foramen ovale, or PFO ... But overall, migraine with aura, or sensory disturbances such as flashes of light, was the ...

Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional ...

Traditional risk factors contribute most to young-onset CIS without patent foramen ovale; nontraditional risk ... The most significant contributor was migraine with aura, with population ...