Under-diagnosis of sleep apnea in patients after acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 742-743

  Konecny, Tomas ^a   Sert Kuniyoshi, Fatima H ^a   Orban, Marek ^a   Pressman, Gregg S ^a   Kara, Tomas ^a   Gami, Apoor ^a   Caples, Sean M ^a   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDER; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77955889788     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.032     Document Type: Letter

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