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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Circulating Potassium Channel Levels

BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death are more frequent in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA is associated with QT prolongation, and QT prolongation is an independent risk factor for sudden cardiac death. Because QT prolongation can be mediated by potassium channel...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Ning, Zhou, Anyu, Prasad, Bharati, Zhou, Li, Doumit, Jimmy, Shi, Guangbin, Imran, Hafiz, Kaseer, Bahaa, Millman, Richard, Dudley, Samuel C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27543307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003666