Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular disease - Time to act!

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 217-222

  Thurnheer, Robert ^a,b  

^a Kantonsspital Muensterlingen   (Switzerland)

^b KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease (CVD); Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP); Hypertension; Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 34249312953     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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