Increased aortic root size is associated with nocturnal hypoxia and diastolic blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1605-1607

  Baguet, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Minville, Caroline ^a,c   Tamisier, Renaud ^a,c   Roche, Frédéric ^d   Barone Rochette, Gilles ^a,b   Ormezzano, Olivier ^a,b   Levy, Patrick ^a,c   Pépin, Jean Louis ^a,c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c University Grenoble Alpes   (France)

^d Jean Monnet University of Saint Étienne   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Hypoxia; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AORTA; AORTA ROOT SIZE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURNAL HYPOXIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND;

AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 80655128148     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1406     Document Type: Article

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