Arterial stiffness and endothelial function in obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 428-432

  Jones, Anne ^a   Vennelle, Marjorie ^a   Connell, Martin ^a   McKillop, Graham ^a   Newby, David E ^b   Douglas, Neil J ^a   Riha, Renata L ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic distensibility; Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Cardiovascular disease; Endothelial function; Obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS); Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84876803174     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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