Atherosclerosis in obstructive sleep apnoea: It does not matter whether patients are sleepy or not

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-31

  Drager, Luciano F ^a   Bortolotto, Luiz A ^a   Maki Nunes, Cristiane ^a   Trombetta, Ivani C ^a   Negrão, Carlos E ^a   Krieger, Eduardo M ^a   Lorenzi Filho, Geraldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Metabolic syndrome; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NOTE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; STROKE; COMPLICATION; FATIGUE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77954313204     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.02.014     Document Type: Note

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