"This Mother of 4 Died After Her Migraine Turned Out To Be Something Much Worse" - Nina Bahadur
When 41-year-old Lee Broadway texted complaining of the worst headache of her life, her husband Eric rushed home to care for her during what they thought was a severe migraine episode. Hours later, she was declared dead due to complications from a ruptured brain aneurysm. "An aneurysm is a bubble off of an artery that can rupture and cause bleeding," said Johanna Fifi, MD, the director of the endovascular stroke program for Mount Sinai Health System. "Aneurysms are caused by a weakness in the wall of a blood vessel, which causes the blood vessel to balloon outwards often in a pouch-like sac. What causes this weakness is unknown in most patients."
- Johanna Fifi, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Endovascular Stroke Program, Mount Sinai Health System