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- Title
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
- Authors
YAMAKAWA, HIROKI; SHIOMI, TOSHIAKI; SASANABE, RYUUJIROU; HASEGAWA, RIKA; OOTAKE, KAZUO; BANNO, KATSUHISA; WAKAYAMA, HIDEO; KATADA, MASAKO; KOBAYASHI, TADASHI
- Abstract
Abstract Thirty-seven patients (35 men and two women) with obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) without any known cardiovascular and lung diseases were examined by Doppler echocardiography. Eight of the 37 (21.6%) patients experienced daytime pulmonary hypertension (PH), and all of them had severe OSAHS with an apnea–hypopnea index of > 30. The study suggested that one-third of patients with severe OSAHS had daytime PH.
- Subjects
SLEEP apnea syndromes; SLEEP disorders; DOPPLER echocardiography
- Publication
Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 2002, Vol 56, Issue 3, p311
- ISSN
1323-1316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.00957.x