Cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnoea

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-205

  Kuniyoshi, Fatima H Sert ^a   Pusalavidyasagar, Snigdha ^b   Singh, Prachi ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Cardiovascular risk; CPAP; Ischaemia; Myocardial infarction; OSA

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FATALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STROKE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77649302000     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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