Table 5 Application of ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria for cardiac cephalalgia in patients with cardiac cephalalgia from our review
From: Cardiac cephalalgia: a narrative review and ICHD-3 criteria evaluation
Criteria | n | % |
|---|---|---|
B. Acute myocardial ischemia has been demonstrated | 87/88 | 98.9% |
C1. Headache has developed in temporal relation to the onset of acute myocardial ischaemia | 64/88 | 72.7% |
C2a. Headache has significantly worsened in parallel with worsening of the myocardial ischaemia | 33/88 | 37.5% |
C2b. Headache has significantly improved or resolved in parallel with improvement in or resolution of the myocardial ischaemia | 82/88 | 93.2% |
C3a. moderate to severe intensity | 66/88 | 75% |
C3b. accompanied by nausea | 28/88 | 31.8% |
C3c. not accompanied by photophobia or phonophobia | 49/88 | 55.7% |
C3d. aggravated by exertion | 49/88 | 55.7% |
C4. Headache is relieved by nitroglycerine or derivatives of it | 40/40 | 100% |