Cardiac structure and apnea/hypopnea index in patients with arterial hypertension and excessive weight

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-164

  Nunes, José Pedro L ^a   Oliveira, Nuno Pardal ^b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Gender; Left atrium; Left ventricular wall thickness; Obesity; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

AGED; ANOXIA; BASAL METABOLISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33750178333     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095349     Document Type: Article

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