Is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) a risk factor for myocardial infarction and cardiac arrhythmias in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)?

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-286

  Koehler, U ^a   Schafer H ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0030058185     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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