Cardiovascular Complications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Evidence from Children

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-433

  Bhattacharjee, Rakesh ^a,b,c   Kheirandish Gozal, Leila ^a,b,c   Pillar, Giora ^a,b,c   Gozal, David ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD40 LIGAND; FIBRINOGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEPTIN; MONTELUKAST; NORADRENALIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; STEROID; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADENOID; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAS EXCHANGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMOSTASIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEARNING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOXYGENATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SNORING; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TONSIL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 60649108824     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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