Nocturnal intermittent hypoxia predicts prevalent hypertension in the European Sleep Apnoea Database cohort study
Articles > Article · 2014
Authors: Özen KAÇMAZ BAŞOĞLU, Ruzena Tkacova, Walter T. McNicholas, Martin Javorsky, Ingo Fietze, Pawel Sliwinski, Gianfranco Parati, Ludger Grote, Jan Hedner
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2014, vol 44, pp 931-941
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00225113
Summary
Systemic hypertension is associated with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) but the pathophysiological mechanisms are incompletely understood. A collaborative European network of 24 sleep centres established a European Sleep Apnoea Database to evaluate cardiovascular morbidity associated with OSAS.