Nontraditional risk factors, particularly migraine with aura, play a major role in patients under 50 years old.

Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 years) who were born with a hole in the upper chambers of their heart known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), strokes of unknown cause were more strongly ...

Migraine with aura plays a key role in young adults with unexplained stroke, particularly in women, highlighting the need to ...

A new study suggests the underlying reason for these unexplained, or cryptogenic, strokes could hinge in part on whether ...

Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional stroke risk factors rather than traditional risks such as high blood pressure ...

New findings reveal that migraines and other nontraditional factors may explain unexplained strokes in adults under 50.

A PFO is usually harmless yet is known to increase ... Burden of Modifiable Risk Factors in YoungOnset Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke by High-Risk Patent Foramen Ovale, Stroke (2025).

A new study looked into risk factors for having a stroke earlier in life and found a surprising link to a fairly common issue ...