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  • Cardiology
  • Neurology

Background:

  • Exertional headaches are often overlooked as potential cardiac symptoms.
  • Coronary artery disease can manifest atypically.

Observation:

  • A 73-year-old man experienced exertional headaches for six months.
  • An exercise tolerance test revealed ischemic changes coinciding with headache severity.

Findings:

  • The patient was diagnosed with cardiac cephalgia.
  • Surgical intervention (coronary artery bypass surgery) resolved the headaches.

Implications:

  • Cardiac cephalgia is a rare but significant cause of exertional headaches.
  • Clinicians should consider cardiac etiologies in patients with exertional headaches, even without chest pain.