Chronic Migraines Caused By A Hole In The Heart? “Highly Likely,” New Research Says

New research unveiled at TCT 2008 by Dr. Stephen Silberstein (a leading neurologist) suggests that 66 percent of chronic migraine sufferers have abnormal blood flow caused by a hole in their heart or a right-to-left shunt that bypasses the filtration process of the lungs. Most of these defects are known as a PFO, a heart condition prior research shows is found in 25 percent of the population.

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Filed under: Headache / Migraine on October 27th, 2008