Vascular impairment in Alzheimer's Disease: The role of obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 445-453

  Buratti, Laura ^a   Viticchi, Giovanna ^a   Falsetti, Lorenzo ^b   Cagnetti, Claudia ^a   Luzzi, Simona ^a   Bartolini, Marco ^a   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Silvestrini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Ospedali Riuniti Ancona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; carotid atherosclerosis; cerebral hemodynamics; obstructive sleep apnea; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BREATH HOLDING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREATH HOLDING; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84889602095     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-131046     Document Type: Article

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