Heavy snoring as a cause of carotid artery atherosclerosis

Sleep

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1207-1213

  Lee, Sharon A ^a   Amis, Terence C ^a,c   Byth, Karen ^a,c   Larcos, George ^b,c   Kairaitis, Kristina ^a,c   Robinson, Tracey D ^a   Wheatley, John R ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Snoring; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING HABIT; SNORING; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SNORING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 51349147538     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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