Aim: To evaluate cerebral blood flow characteristics in patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy (DE) and concomitant hypothyroidism in the long-term follow-up period.
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Discussion
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No actionable change for audiology practice; this study addresses cerebrovascular and endocrine co-morbidities with no direct implication for hearing assessment or rehabilitation.
Understanding how systemic conditions such as hypothyroidism affect cerebral circulation may eventually inform audiologists about comorbidity profiles in patients presenting with central auditory processing concerns or unexplained dizziness.
- 01Study evaluates cerebral blood flow in patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy (brain blood-flow disease) combined with hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid).
- 02Long-term follow-up design provides longitudinal insight into disease progression.
- 03Published in Pol Merkur Lekarski (2026), a Polish general medical journal.
- 04Hypothyroidism is a known risk factor for hearing loss, but the study focuses on cerebrovascular rather than auditory outcomes.
- 05Peripheral relevance to audiology via shared vascular and metabolic mechanisms.
Concomitant hypothyroidism alters cerebral blood flow characteristics in patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy over long-term follow-up.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42435457
- DOI
- 10.36740/Merkur202603102.
- Journal
- Pol Merkur Lekarski
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Patients diagnosed with dyscirculatory encephalopathy, with and without concomitant hypothyroidism
- Intervention
- Long-term follow-up of cerebral blood flow in dyscirculatory encephalopathy with concomitant hypothyroidism
- Comparator
- Patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy without hypothyroidism
Primary outcomes
Cerebral blood flow characteristics at long-term follow-up