A prospective cohort study of the long-term effects of CPAP on carotid artery intima-media thickness in Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

OBJECTIVE: To examine the long-term effect of CPAP on carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS). METHODS: A prospective observational study over 12 months at a teaching hospital on 50 patients newly diagnosed with OSAS who received CPAP or co...

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Autores principales: Hui, David S, Shang, Qing, Ko, Fanny W, Ng, Susanna S, Szeto, Cheuk-Chun, Ngai, Jenny, Tung, Alvin H, To, Kin-Wang, Chan, Tat-On, Yu, Cheuk-Man
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22424053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-13-22

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