The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: A complex interplay

Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Latina, Jacqueline M ^a   Estes, N A Mark ^a   Garlitski, Ann C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 84876509295     PISSN: 20901836     EISSN: 20901844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/621736     Document Type: Review

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