Migraine With PFO: Lower Indoleacrylic Acid, 211 Metabolite Changes
A 2026 iScience metabolomics study found 211 differentially expressed metabolites in migraine patients with patent foramen ovale; in a 220-person validation cohort, lower indoleacrylic acid plus hs-CRP reached AUC 0.722 for distinguishing migraine with PFO from controls.1 Research Highlights Metabolomics found a broad signal: The discovery cohort included 30 migraine-with-PFO patients and 17 controls, with …