Open AccessBasilar artery tortuosity as a predictive factor for the efficacy of heparin adjuvant therapy in unilateral idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Author(s) -
Woongsang Sunwoo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.488
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1808-8694
pISSN - 1808-8686
DOI - 10.1016/j.bjorl.2020.06.017
Subject(s) - medicine , basilar artery , tortuosity , heparin , sudden hearing loss , cardiology , surgery , hearing loss , audiology , geotechnical engineering , porosity , engineering
Cochlear ischemia is hypothesized as one of the major etiologies of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Therefore, anticoagulant therapies are designed to be beneficial in certain patients with this condition.
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