Aortic stiffness and cardiac function in middle-aged women with ischemic stroke with and without migraine
Mariam Ali, Ghislaine Holswilder, Nelleke van der Weerd, Hendrikus JA van Os, Katie M Linstra, Thijs W van Harten, Bastiaan JC te Kiefte, Sophie DM Laveaux, Birgitta K Velthuis, Nyika D Kruyt, Jos J M Westenberg, Antoinette MaassenVanDenBrink, Gisela M Terwindt, Hildo J Lamb, Marieke JH Wermer · 2026
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Mariam Ali and colleagues test whether migraine adds to artery stiffness and heart strain in middle-aged women after stroke in a 2026 study. Migraine raises stroke and heart disease risk in women, possibly through body-wide vessel dysfunction. Three groups of women aged 40 to 60 were compared: stroke alone, stroke with migraine, and neither condition.
Aortic stiffness was measured as arch pulse wave velocity on MRI, and heart function was judged by stroke volume, cardiac output, and ejection fraction. Among 118 women, with 44 in each stroke group, multivariable models estimated differences against the healthy reference group. The study asks whether migraine leaves a measurable macrovascular signature beyond stroke itself.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mariam Ali, Ghislaine Holswilder, Nelleke van der Weerd, Hendrikus JA van Os, Katie M Linstra, Thijs W van Harten, Bastiaan JC te Kiefte, Sophie DM Laveaux, Birgitta K Velthuis, Nyika D Kruyt, Jos J M Westenberg, Antoinette MaassenVanDenBrink, Gisela M Terwindt, Hildo J Lamb, Marieke JH Wermer |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |