Obstructive sleep apnea: The suffocated atrium?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-329

  Linz, Dominik ^a   Neuberger, Hans Ruprecht ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; NOTE; OBESITY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 84857651445     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.10.031     Document Type: Editorial

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