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Predictive Risk Model Determines Likelihood of Stroke in Patients

A predictive risk model could help determine stroke risk in patients who experience migraine with aura.

Predictive risk model determines likelihood of stroke in patients

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By Jessica Kent

- A simple predictive risk model helped forecast stroke risk in adult patients who have migraine with aura, according to research funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Some people who have migraines also experience neurological symptoms that impact vision, known as visual aura. These symptoms can include flashes of light and blind spots or tingling in the hands and face. In adults, these indicators often come on before the headache itself, and younger women are at higher risk for migraine with aura.

“People who have migraine with aura are at increased risk for an ischemic stroke,” said Souvik Sen, MD, MPH, study co-author, and professor and chair of the neurology department at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. “With our new risk-prediction tool, we could start identifying those at higher risk, treat their risk factors and lower their risk of stroke.”