בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים", מובא להלן קישור למאמר בלבד. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

Cardiovascular risk factors have been associated with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), possibly causing degeneration of the utricular epithelium and subepithelium, but supportive evidence is mixed.

This is the first study to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and BPPV as they present in the community practice of comprehensive otolaryngology–head and neck surgery.

A community practice of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery with 3 clinical offices and a socioeconomically diverse patient population.

Clinical data were collected retrospectively from the electronic health records of a continuous 4-year series of 628 patients with BPPV and age- and sex-matched controls.