Cardiovascular complications of respiratory diseases

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 361-380

  Chowdhuri, Susmita ^a,b   Crook, Errol D ^c   Taylor, Herman A ^d   Badr, M Safwan ^a,b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STROKE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ETHNOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 38449117338     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180a7269e     Document Type: Review

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