Acute myocardial infarction manifested with headache

Open Cardiovasc Med J. 2010 Jul 16:4:148-50. doi: 10.2174/1874192401004010148.

Abstract

We report a very rare case of a patient who presented with headache as the sole symptom of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The patient underwent primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty followed by drug-eluting stent implantation and the headache was immediately relieved. The pathophysiologic explanation of the occurrence of headache as a sole manifestation of an AMI is discussed.

Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; headache..