Peter Wilmshurst
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Peter Wilmshurst Wilmshurst
Dr. Peter Wilmshurst, the cardiologist who was a co-leader of the trial with Dr. Andrew Dowson, a headache specialist at Kings College Hospital in London, said that this study significantly increases our understanding of those patients who might benefit from cardiac intervention to treat these debilitating headaches. In 2000, Dr. Wilmshurst reported similar unexpected migraine relief for scuba divers who had holes in their heart closed to minimize decompression risks. Dr. Peter Wilmshurst, a headache specialist at Kings College Hospital in London, said that that study significantly increased their understanding of those patients who might benefit from cardiac intervention to treat these debilitating headaches.