Position paper on the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension: Joint recommendations by the European Society of Hypertension, by the European Respiratory Society and by the members of European COST (COoperation in Scientific and Technological research) ACTION B26 on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 633-646

  Parati, Gianfranco ^a,b   Lombardi, Carolina ^b   Hedner, Jan ^c   Bonsignore, Maria R ^d   Grote, Ludger ^c   Tkacova, Ruzena ^e   Levy, Patrick ^f   Riha, Renata ^g   Bassetti, Claudio ^h   Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ⁱ   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a   McNicholas, Walter T ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^f HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^g ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

arterial hypertension; continuous positive airway pressure treatment; guidelines; hypertension treatment; obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDER; STROKE; THORAX PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84858664550     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328350e53b     Document Type: Article

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