Sleep-related breathing disorder and bradyarrhythmias, why to use Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment: A case report

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-359

  Vitulano, N ^a   Bellocci, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bradyarrhythmias; Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP); Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS); Sleep related breathing disorder

Indexed keywords

AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME;

AGED; ASTHENIA; BRADYCARDIA; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 81455135293     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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