Prevalence of sleep apnea and electrocardiographic disturbances in morbidly obese patients

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-269

  Valencia Flores, Matilde ^b   Orea, Arturo ^c   Castaño, Violeta A ^c   Resendiz, Montserrat ^c   Rosales, María ^c   Rebollar, Verónica ^c   Santiago, Victoria ^c   Gallegos, José ^c   Campos, Rosa M ^c   González, Jorge ^c   Oseguera, Jorge ^c   García Ramos, Guillermo ^c   Bliwise, Donald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac rhythm disturbances; Massive obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Oxyhemoglobin desaturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBID OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0034183332     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.31     Document Type: Article

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