Ischaemic stroke: neurological risk factors
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Ischaemic stroke: neurological risk factors. Migraine with aura is a stroke risk factor. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Migraine with aura
- Migraine with aura is a stroke risk factor
- The risk is higher in smokers
- The risk is also higher in users of the combined oral contraceptives (OCPs)
- The risk is also increased following surgery
- Post-menopausal women are also at high risk
Sleep disorders
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Other neurological co-morbidities
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References
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- O'Donnell MJ, Xavier D, Liu L, et al; INTERSTROKE investigators. Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study. Lancet 2010; 376:112-23.
- Kroll ME, Green J, Beral V, et al; Million Women Study Collaborators. Adiposity and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: prospective study in women and meta-analysis. Neurology 2016; 87:1473-1481.
- Sacco S, Merki-Feld GS, Ægidius KL, et al; European Headache Federation (EHF) and the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC). Hormonal contraceptives and risk of ischemic stroke in women with migraine: a consensus statement from the European Headache Federation (EHF) and the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC). J Headache Pain 2017; 18:108.
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