Does Migraine with Aura Need Cardiovascular Work-up?

Migraine With Aura Linked To Increased Risk Of Dying From Cardiovascular Disease.

Bloomberg News (8/25, Kay) reports that individuals who experience migraines with aura may be "more likely to die from stroke or heart disease, according to a study in the British Medical Journal."

The UK's Press Association (8/25) reports that investigators "examined data from 18,725 men and women born between 1907 and 1935 and living in Iceland."

The UK's Telegraph (8/25, Adams) reports that the researchers "found that those who had migraine with aura were 27 per cent more likely than those without migraines to die from cardiovascular disease, which includes both heart disease and strokes." The investigators also found that "suffering from normal migraine also increased the risk of mortality compared to those who did not suffer at all from them, but by a lesser degree." The UK's Daily Mail (8/25, Hope), WebMD (8/24, Doheny), and MedPage Today (8/24, Walsh) also covered the story.