Pulmonary hypertension in the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: Prevalence, causes and therapeutic consequences

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 787-794

  Kessler, R ^a   Chaouat, A ^a   Weitzenblum, E ^a   Oswald, M ^a   Ehrhart, M ^a   Apprill, M ^a   Krieger, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic hypercapnia; chronic hypoxaemia; obesity hypoventilation syndrome; obstructive sleep apnoeas; pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD GAS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0029949783     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09040787     Document Type: Review

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