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Cluster headache with Brugada electrocardiogram pattern: a case report

Authors: Yuka Matsuki, Munetaka Hirose, Akira Nakano, Katsuhiko Sarasawa, Toshio Hamada

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Issue 4/2008

Abstract

Agents including the effect on sodium channel are restricted in patients with Brugada electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern or Brugada syndrome. On the other hand, many therapeutic agents for cluster headache (CH) block sodium channel. After recommended therapies without sodium channel blocking effect were failed in a 40-year-old male with CH whose ECG shows Brugada ECG pattern, clonazepam and codein phosphate, which are exceptional treatments for CH, were effective for severe unilateral orbital pain.

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Title: Cluster headache with Brugada electrocardiogram pattern: a case report
Authors: Yuka Matsuki
Munetaka Hirose
Akira Nakano
Katsuhiko Sarasawa
Toshio Hamada
Publication date: 01-08-2008
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-008-0049-3

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