《中英對照讀新聞》Migraine heart link in children 孩童偏頭痛與心臟的關係

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Children who see flashing lights during a migraine have twice the normal likelihood of having a hole-in-the-heart, a study suggests. US doctors examined 109 children over six who were migraine sufferers. About half of those with a type of migraine accompanied by a visual disturbance called an aura had the heart defect, the Journal of Pediatrics reports.

研究顯示，偏頭痛時會看到閃光的孩童，心臟有洞的機率為正常的兩倍。美國醫生檢查109名6歲以上有偏頭痛的孩童，偏頭痛時會看到光環等視覺干擾的孩童，約半數有心臟缺陷，據小兒科期刊報導。

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The British Heart Foundation called for further research into the link. Amy Thompson, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said： "There could be a number of explanations for this link so further research needs to be carried out before we draw any firm conclusions.

英國心臟基金會呼籲進行更多研究觀察兩者關聯，基金會的資深心臟科護士湯普森說：「兩者的關聯可能有很多解釋，因此需要更多研究，才能得出有力結論。」

A number of medical studies have found a link in adults between a hole-in-the-heart - known technically as a patent foramen ovale （PFO） - and migraine with aura. This has lead to attempts to treat migraine by surgery to close the hole, when other migraine therapies have failed.

許多醫學研究已發現成年人心臟破洞——技術上的名詞是「心臟卵圓孔未閉合」（patent foramen ovale, PFO）——與偏頭痛時看見光環的關聯，這也因此促成在其他偏頭痛療法失敗時，以手術來閉合心臟破洞以治療偏頭痛的嘗試。

Dr Rachel McCandless and colleagues of the University of Utah used a scanning technique known as an echocardiogram to look for the heart defect. Of the children who had migraines with aura, 50% also had the defect. This is nearly double the rate seen in the general population.

猶他大學的麥克坎杜勒斯與同僚，使用超聲心動圖這種掃描方式來觀察心臟缺陷，偏頭痛時會看到光環的孩童，50%也有心臟缺陷，機率幾乎是一般人的兩倍。

新聞辭典

sufferer：名詞，受害者，病患。例句：A new drug may give new hope to thousands of hay-fever sufferers.（新藥或許可為數千名花粉症患者帶來新希望。）

carry out：片語，實行，進行。Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.（我們的士兵昨晚成功完成了攻擊。）

draw a conclusion：片語，下結論。例句：I’d seen them together so often I drew the logical conclusion that they were husband and wife.（我常看他們倆在一起，所以我下了個合乎邏輯的結論：他們是夫婦。）