Obstructive sleep apnea in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: Highly prevalent and associated with aneurysm expansion

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 668-674

  Mason, Rebecca H ^a   Ruegg, Gion ^b   Perkins, Jeremy ^b   Hardinge, Maxine ^a   Amann Vesti, Beatrice ^c   Senn, Oliver ^d   Stradling, John R ^a   Kohler, Malcolm ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Obstructive sleep apnea; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN DESATURATION INDEX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79952237506     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201001-0051OC     Document Type: Article

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