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Transcranial Doppler sonography in patients with Meniére's disease. 2000

D Gortan

ENT Department, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between pathologic vertebrobasilar (VB) findings obtained by the method of transcranial Doppler (TCD) sonography and hearing disorders in Meniere's disease patients. The manifestations of Meniere's disease were analyzed in 65 patients and correlated with transcranial Doppler of vertebrobasilar circulation. Control group consisted of 50 patients with cardiovascular dysfunction who had no hearing loss, tinnitus or vertigo, who were submitted to TCD examination. The control group of patients with cardiovascular dysfunction did not completely match the study group of patients with Meniere's disease. Statistical analysis showed a direct statistical significant correlation between the pathologic TCD findings of vertebrobasilar circulation and Meniere's disease. According to abnormal findings of TCD in 27.69% patients, we think that 28% of patients with Meniere's disease suffer from insufficient supply of the vertebrobasilar circulation. TCD is an objective method of choice for the vascular diagnosis of hearing loss in patients with Meniere's disease.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008575	Meniere Disease	A disease of the inner ear (LABYRINTH) that is characterized by fluctuating SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; TINNITUS; episodic VERTIGO; and aural fullness. It is the most common form of endolymphatic hydrops.	Meniere's Disease,Meniere's Syndrome,Vertigo, Aural,Auditory Vertigo,Aural Vertigo,Ménière Disease,Ménière's Disease,Ménière's Vertigo,Otogenic Vertigo,Auditory Vertigos,Disease, Meniere,Disease, Meniere's,Disease, Ménière,Disease, Ménière's,Diseases, Ménière,Diseases, Ménière's,Meniere Syndrome,Menieres Disease,Menieres Syndrome,Ménière Diseases,Ménière Vertigo,Ménière's Diseases,Ménière's Vertigos,Ménières Disease,Ménières Vertigo,Otogenic Vertigos,Syndrome, Meniere's,Vertigo, Auditory,Vertigo, Ménière's,Vertigo, Otogenic,Vertigos, Auditory,Vertigos, Ménière's,Vertigos, Otogenic
D001783	Blood Flow Velocity	A value equal to the total volume flow divided by the cross-sectional area of the vascular bed.	Blood Flow Velocities,Flow Velocities, Blood,Flow Velocity, Blood,Velocities, Blood Flow,Velocity, Blood Flow
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001488	Basilar Artery	The artery formed by the union of the right and left vertebral arteries; it runs from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries.	Arteries, Basilar,Artery, Basilar,Basilar Arteries
D014711	Vertebral Artery	The first branch of the SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY with distribution to muscles of the NECK; VERTEBRAE; SPINAL CORD; CEREBELLUM; and interior of the CEREBRUM.	Vertebral Arteries,Arteries, Vertebral,Artery, Vertebral
D014715	Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency	Localized or diffuse reduction in blood flow through the vertebrobasilar arterial system, which supplies the BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; medial TEMPORAL LOBE; and THALAMUS. Characteristic clinical features include SYNCOPE; lightheadedness; visual disturbances; and VERTIGO. BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS or other BRAIN INFARCTION may be associated.	Basilar Artery Insufficiency,Basilar Artery Stenosis,Vertebral Artery Insufficiency,Vertebral Artery Stenosis,Basilar Artery Ischemia,Basilar Insufficiency,Vertebral Artery Ischemia,Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiency,Vertebro-Basilar Ischemia,Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia,Vertebrobasilar Ischemia,Artery Insufficiencies, Basilar,Artery Insufficiencies, Vertebral,Artery Insufficiency, Basilar,Artery Insufficiency, Vertebral,Artery Ischemia, Basilar,Artery Ischemia, Vertebral,Artery Ischemias, Basilar,Artery Ischemias, Vertebral,Artery Stenoses, Basilar,Artery Stenoses, Vertebral,Artery Stenosis, Basilar,Artery Stenosis, Vertebral,Basilar Artery Insufficiencies,Basilar Artery Ischemias,Basilar Artery Stenoses,Basilar Insufficiencies,Dolichoectasia, Vertebrobasilar,Dolichoectasias, Vertebrobasilar,Insufficiencies, Basilar,Insufficiencies, Basilar Artery,Insufficiencies, Vertebral Artery,Insufficiencies, Vertebro-Basilar,Insufficiencies, Vertebrobasilar,Insufficiency, Basilar,Insufficiency, Basilar Artery,Insufficiency, Vertebral Artery,Insufficiency, Vertebro-Basilar,Insufficiency, Vertebrobasilar,Ischemia, Basilar Artery,Ischemia, Vertebral Artery,Ischemia, Vertebro-Basilar,Ischemia, Vertebrobasilar,Ischemias, Basilar Artery,Ischemias, Vertebral Artery,Ischemias, Vertebro-Basilar,Ischemias, Vertebrobasilar,Stenoses, Basilar Artery,Stenoses, Vertebral Artery,Stenosis, Basilar Artery,Stenosis, Vertebral Artery,Vertebral Artery Insufficiencies,Vertebral Artery Ischemias,Vertebral Artery Stenoses,Vertebro Basilar Insufficiency,Vertebro Basilar Ischemia,Vertebro-Basilar Insufficiencies,Vertebro-Basilar Ischemias,Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasias,Vertebrobasilar Insufficiencies,Vertebrobasilar Ischemias
D017585	Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial	A non-invasive technique using ultrasound for the measurement of cerebrovascular hemodynamics, particularly cerebral blood flow velocity and cerebral collateral flow. With a high-intensity, low-frequency pulse probe, the intracranial arteries may be studied transtemporally, transorbitally, or from below the foramen magnum.	Doppler Sonography, Transcranial,Doppler Transcranial Sonography,Doppler Transcranial Ultrasonography,Doppler Ultrasonography, Transcranial,Sonography, Transcranial Doppler,Ultrasonography, Transcranial Doppler,Neurosonology,Sonography, Doppler Transcranial,Transcranial Doppler Sonography,Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography,Transcranial Sonography, Doppler,Transcranial Ultrasonography, Doppler,Ultrasonography, Doppler Transcranial,Neurosonologies