Is there evidence of early vascular disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea without known comorbidities? Preliminary findings

Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-68

  Steiropoulos, P ^a   Bogiatzi, C ^a   Archontogeorgis, K ^a   Nena, E ^a   Xanthoudaki, M ^a   Boglou, P ^a   Tzouvelekis, A ^a   Papanas, N ^a   Tsivgoulis, G ^a,b   Bouros, D ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ankle Brachial Index; Atherosclerosis; Intima Media Thickness; Obstructive Sleep Apnoea; Transcranial Doppler; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; AROUSAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 84884183575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874192401307010061     Document Type: Article

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