[The relationship of brainstem auditory evoked potential to cerebral blood flow volume in with vertebrobasilar transient ischemic vertigo].
This study was aimed at the relationship of brain-stem auditory evoked potential(BAEP) with cerebral blood flow(CBF) volume and vascular pathological changes in patients with vertebro-basilar transient ischemic vertigo (VBTIV). 65 patients were examined by magnetic resonance angiography(MRA), transcranial Dopplar(TCD) and BAEP; 26 controls were examined by MRA and TCD. In the patient group, MRA showed that vascular pathological changes were obvious in 50 patients, and obscure or absent in 15 patients. The CBF volume [112.3-278.9 ml/min (2s)] of control group was higher than that (48.0-262.0 ml/min) of the patients group (t = 2.43, P < 0.01) in which 15 patients had low CBF volume and 50 patients had normal CBF volume. The BAEP of 47(72.3%) patients was abnormal. Out of 15 patients with low CBF volume, 14(93.3%) had abnormal BAEP, but out of 50 patients with normal CBF volume, only 33(66%) patients had abnormal BAED (chi 2 = 4.34, P < 0.05). In the 50 patients with obscure obvious vascular pathological changes, 40(80%) patients had abnormal BAEP, but in the 15 patients with obscure or without the changes, only 7(43.3%) patients had abnormal BAEP (chi 2 = 4.86, P < 0.05). These results suggested that there might be a close relationship of BAEP with CBF volume and vascular pathological changes.
Tang
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Central Hospital of Jiangmen City, Jiangmen 529070.
Chen
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R
Cal
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Zhou
J
J
Huang
J
J
Long
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Mo
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001810:Blood Volume; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*