Sleep apnoea and post-stroke vascular events: Is it only due to poor continuous positive airway pressure use?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 513-

  Mirrakhimov, Aibek E ^a,b  

^a Kyrgyz State Medical Academy   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b National Centre of Cardiology and Internal Medicine Named after M Mirrakhimov   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STROKE;

EID: 84864756089     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00054412     Document Type: Letter

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