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Treatment for sleep apnea by continuous positive airway pressure improves levels of inflammatory markers - a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). Intermittent hypoxia associated with OSA increases sympathetic activity and may cause systemic inflammation, which may contribute to CAD in patients with OSA. Treatment with continuous positive airway pressur...

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Autores principales: Baessler, Aaron, Nadeem, Rashid, Harvey, Michael, Madbouly, Essam, Younus, Amna, Sajid, Hassan, Naseem, Jawed, Asif, Asma, Bawaadam, Hasnain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23518041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-10-13