Systematic review on noninvasive assessment of subclinical cardiovascular disease in obstructive sleep apnea: New kid on the block!

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 379-391

  Ali, Shozab S ^a,b   Oni, Ebenezer T ^a   Warraich, Haider J ^c   Blaha, Michael J ^e   Blumenthal, Roger S ^e   Karim, Adil ^a   Shaharyar, Sameer ^a   Jamal, Omar ^a   Fialkow, Jonathan ^f   Cury, Ricardo ^f   Budoff, Matthew J ^g   Agatston, Arthur S ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^a,d,e,h  

^a Center for Prevention and Wellness   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery calcium; Endothelial dysfunction; Flow mediated dilation; Intima media thickness; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL MICROPARTICLE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84926206080     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2014.01.004     Document Type: Review

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