Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea: A transcranial Doppler ultrasound study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-223

  Beelke, Manolo ^a   Angeli, Silvia ^a   Del Sette, Massimo ^a   Gandolfo, Carlo ^a   Cabano, Maria Eloisa ^a   Canovaro, Paola ^a   Nobili, Lino ^a   Ferrillo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracardiac shunting; Obstructive sleep apnea; Patent foramen ovale; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SHUNTING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0038338404     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00256-3     Document Type: Article

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