Long-term continuous positive airway pressure therapy improves cardiac autonomic tone during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 225-232

  Palma, Jose Alberto ^a,b   Iriarte, Jorge ^a   Fernandez, Secundino ^a   Alegre, Manuel ^a,c   Valencia, Miguel ^c   Artieda, Julio ^a,c   Urrestarazu, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CPAP; Heart rate variability; Hypoxia; OSA; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPAP DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONREM SLEEP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE; WAKEFULNESS; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941875791     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: 16191560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-015-0297-7     Document Type: Article

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