Effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in arterial stiffness: A meta-analysis

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-28

  Vlachantoni, I T ^a   Dikaiakou, E ^a   Antonopoulos, C N ^a   Stefanadis, C ^a   Daskalopoulou, S S ^b   Petridou, E Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Continuous positive airway pressure; Meta analysis; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027938743     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2012.01.002     Document Type: Review

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