Daytime pulmonary hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: The effect of continuous positive airway pressure on pulmonary hemodynamics

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 566-572

  Alchanatis, Manos ^a,c   Tourkohoriti, Georgia ^a   Kakouros, Stavros ^b   Kosmas, Epaminondas ^a   Podaras, Stylianos ^a   Jordanoglou, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pulmonary artery pressure; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0035685436     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050574     Document Type: Article

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