Is obstructive sleep apnoea causally related to arterial stiffness? A critical review of the experimental evidence

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-18

  Phillips, Craig L ^a,b   Butlin, Mark ^d   Wong, Keith K ^b,c   Avolio, Alberto P ^d  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Blood pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; NEBIVOLOL; PERINDOPRIL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTICITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84871394561     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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