Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea reduces resting heart rate but does not affect dysrhythmias: A randomised controlled trial

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-336

  Craig, Sonya ^a   Pepperell, Justin C T ^b   Kohler, Malcolm ^a   Crosthwaite, Nicky ^a   Davies, Robert J O ^a   Stradling, John R ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apnoea; Dysrhythmias; Mean heart rate; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Randomised controlled trial; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 69049086947     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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