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Coagulability in Obstructive Sleep Apnea [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 2011
BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder that affects both quality of life and cardiovascular health. The causal link between OSA and cardiovascular morbidity/mortality remains elusive. One possible explanation is that repeated episodes of nocturnal hypoxia lead to a hypercoagulable state that predisposes patients to thrombotic ...
Michael Fitzpatrick, Christina Liak
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The Influence of a Mandibular Advancement Plate on Polysomnography in Different Grades of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

open access: yeseJournal of Oral Maxillofacial Research, 2015
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a mandibular advancement device on different grades of obstructive sleep apnea using a relatively simple test for the apnea-hypopnea index to determine if a mandibular device will be ...
Antti Raunio   +4 more
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Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

open access: yesChinese Medical Journal, 2015
To get a comprehensive understanding about the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and asthma by reviewing the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestation and then summarizing the latest progress on diagnosis and treatment.Articles referred in this review were mainly collected from a comprehensive search of the PubMed ...
Yi Xiao, Yi-Xian Qiao
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Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea [PDF]

open access: yesSleep Medicine Clinics, 2013
With more than 80 distinct sleep disorders classified in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD-21), comorbidity of sleep disorders has emerged as an important topic with clinical and research significance. In particular, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and insomnia are 2 sleep disorders that co-occur frequently, involve clinical ...
Megan R. Crawford, Jason C. Ong
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Investigation of Symptoms and Risk Factors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Patients with Acute Stroke who were Hospitalized in Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran, during 2014

open access: yesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2016
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea and stroke are the most common diseases worldwide and especially in our country. Previous studies showed that both above diseases are common risk factors and in some of study co-morbidity to stroke and obstructive ...
Mohammadreza Najafi, Sara Hoseinpour
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Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation does not affect obstructive sleep apnea

open access: yesUpsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background: Sleep apnea is common in patients with atrial fibrillation, but the effect of the cardioversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm on central and obstructive apneas is mainly unknown.
Niklas Höglund   +4 more
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THE INFLUENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND PRIMARY SNORING ON CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND HEART RHYTHM VARIABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

open access: yesЕвразийский Кардиологический Журнал, 2016
The aim. The study and analysis of cardiac arrhythmias, heart rhythm variability in patients with ischemic heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea and primary snoring. Material and methods.
E. S. Tarasik   +2 more
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Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Buerger's Disease: a Pilot Study

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2015
In this study we evaluated the incidence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea and Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in patients with thromboangiitis obliterans for reduction of crisis.
Gholam Hosein Kazemzadeh   +4 more
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Is subjective sleep evaluation a good predictor for obstructive sleep apnea?

open access: yesClinics, 2018
OBJECTIVE: To compare subjective sleep evaluation obtained using four questionnaires with polysomnography results for individuals with and without obstructive sleep apnea.
Cárita de Moura Laranjeira   +2 more
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Evaluation of the Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hearing Loss

open access: yesJournal of Sleep Sciences, 2016
Background and Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) through hypoxia and reoxygenation periods leads to oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and activation of inflammatory cycles, which eventually may cause disorder in vasa nervorum, and ...
Amir Hossein Mohammadi   +4 more
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