The prevalence rate for cardiovascular diseases antecedents in patients with migraine

: Throughout the many studies carried out on patients suffering from migraine, we find that a series of diseases or abnormalities with cardiovascular etiologies may be associated with the risk of migraine. In some studies published so far there is a greater prevalence of distinct cardiovascular diseases among those patients suffering from migraine. The shortage of case-control studies which might otherwise definitely establish a relationship between migraine and other cardiovascular diseases leads us to cautiously interpret the meaning of these associations. We studied family and personal history of cardiovascular disease in a group of patients with migraine, and we carried out a case-control study to try to establish the greatest risk of suffering from these diseases by our patients. We found that family antecedents of migraine with the next of kin was a risk factor for getting migraine and that Raynaud's disease was associated with a greater risk of suffering with this pathology.