Variability of QT interval duration in obstructive sleep apnea: An indicator of disease severity

Sleep

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 959-966

  Baumert, Mathias ^a   Smith, Janet ^b   Catcheside, Peter ^b   McEvoy, R Douglas ^b   Abbott, Derek ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Nalivaiko, Eugene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Heart rate variability; QT variability; Respiratory disturbance index; Sleep stage

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 46849092206     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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