PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kazim H Narsinh
AU  - Ferdinand Hui
AU  - Madhavi Duvvuri
AU  - Karl Meisel
AU  - Matthew R Amans
TI  - Management of vascular causes of pulsatile tinnitus
AID  - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-018015
DP  - 2022 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - 1151--1157
VI  - 14
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/14/11/1151.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/14/11/1151.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2022 Nov 01; 14
AB  - Pulsatile tinnitus is a debilitating symptom affecting millions of Americans and can be a harbinger of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke. Careful diagnostic evaluation of pulsatile tinnitus is critical in providing optimal care and guiding the appropriate treatment strategy. When a vascular cause of pulsatile tinnitus has been established, attention must be focused on the patient’s risk of hemorrhagic stroke, ischemic stroke, or blindness, as well as the risks of the available treatment options, in order to guide decision-making. Herein we review our approach to management of the vascular causes of pulsatile tinnitus and provide a literature review while highlighting gaps in our current knowledge and evidence basis.