Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated With Greater Thoracic Aortic Size

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 885-886

  Serizawa, Naoki ^a   Yumino, Dai ^a   Takagi, Atsushi ^a   Gomita, Keiko ^a   Kajimoto, Katsuya ^a   Tsurumi, Yukio ^a   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA WALL; ARTERY DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX PRESSURE;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 49849090874     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.039     Document Type: Letter

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