Myocardial infarction presenting solely as an acute, severe headache is underdiagnosed in elderly patients. In patients over 80 years of age, myocardial infarction presents more commonly with atypical symptoms than with chest pain. The authors describe two patients who presented with headache as the only symptom of an acute myocardial infarction. The authors recommend that acute myocardial infarction be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute, severe headache in elderly patients.

Clinical and scintigraphic findings are described in a patient in whom acute right-sided pulmonary edema developed during a treadmill exercise test. The patient's SPECT Tl-201 stress images are reviewed along with the pertinent clinical history. The development of unilateral pulmonary edema during an exercise treadmill test was demonstrated with Tl-201 imaging.