Is there a link between the severity of sleep-disordered breathing and atherosclerotic disease of the carotid arteries?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 487-493

  Kaynak, D ^a   Goksan B ^a   Kaynak, H ^a   Degirmenci, N ^a   Daglioglu, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Doppler; Duplex; Intima media thickness; Obstructive sleep apnea; Presence of plaque; Sleep disordered breathing; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SNORING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0142087748     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00658.x     Document Type: Review

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