title: Headache angina with fatal outcome.
abstract: We report 2 fatal cases of angina pectoris in patients who complained primarily of headache during the ischemic attack. The first patient, who was hospitalized because of headache and chest pain, demonstrated repeated ST-segment elevation and fatal ventricular fibrillation on ambulatory ECG monitoring. The second patient had post-infarction angina preceded by headache and by ST-segment elevation in the precordial leads. She eventually died of reinfarction. The mechanism of the headache in relation to the angina pectoris is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morooka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takabatake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D005996:Nitroglycerin