title: Cardiac cephalgia: a diagnostic headache.
abstract: A 73-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of exertional headaches. Exercise tolerance test demonstrated progressive ischaemic changes concomitant with worsening headache. Cardiac cephalgia was diagnosed and his symptoms resolved after coronary artery bypass surgery. Cardiac cephalgia may occasionally present as exertional headache without chest symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand. caroline.allan@cdhb.health.nz.
authors.forename: C L M
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jardine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D051271:Headache Disorders, Secondary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: angina pectoris; cephalgia; coronary artery disease; exertional headache; myocardial ischaemia