Increased arterial stiffness in obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review

Hypertension Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Doonan, Robert J ^a   Scheffler, Patrick ^a   Lalli, Marek ^a   Kimoff, R John ^b   Petridou, Eleni T H ^c   Daskalopoulos, Marios E ^c   Daskalopoulou, Stella S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; obstructive sleep apnea; pulse wave velocity; sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MEDLINE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ARTERIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 78650904652     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.200     Document Type: Review

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