Association between QRS duration and obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 649-654

  Gupta, Shuchita ^a,b   Cepeda Valery, Beatriz ^b   Romero Corral, Abel ^b,c   Shamsuzzaman, Abu ^d   Somers, Virend K ^c   Pressman, Gregg S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Obstructive sleep apnea; QRS duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QRS COMPLEX; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILADELPHIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84871396751     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2256     Document Type: Article

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