Continuous positive airway pressure ameliorated severe pulmonary hypertension associated with obstructive sleep apnea

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-195

  Ogawa, Aiko ^a   Emori, Tetsuro ^a,b   Sumita, Wakako ^a   Watanabe, Atsuyuki ^a   Fujio, Hideki ^a   Miyaji, Katsumasa ^a   Ohe, Tohru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Emori CV Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Polysomnography; Secondary pulmonary hypertension; Sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ANOXEMIA; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33748088528     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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