Influence of obstructive sleep apnea on endothelial function in obese patients

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1639-

  Damiani, Mario Francesco ^a   Carratù, Pierluigi ^a   Quaranta, Vitaliano Nicola ^a   Resta, Onofrio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; OXYGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REOXYGENATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84862023912     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0144     Document Type: Letter

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