Endothelial function and cardiovascular risk in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Objective: To evaluate cardiovascular risk factors and pre-clinical atherosclerosis in subjects affected by idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL).

Methods: In this study, 29 ISSHL patients and 29 healthy controls were evaluated. All of the patients underwent a complete audiovestibular and clinical evaluation.

Ophthalmic artery vasodilation after intranasal estradiol use in postmenopausal women.

Aim: The study aim was to evaluate the acute hemodynamic effects of intranasal 17-beta-estradiol on ophthalmic arterial circulation in postmenopausal women.

Methods: Twenty-one healthy women in natural menopause for at least 6 months (mean age: 53.2± 2.