Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiac arrhythmias

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-17

  Hersi, Ahmad Salah ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; OSA; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SINUS ARREST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649173269     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.58954     Document Type: Review

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