학술논문
Increased microcirculatory heterogeneity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Document Type
article
Source
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 9, p e0184291 (2017)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep disordered breathing and has been associated with major cardiovascular comorbidities. We hypothesized that the microcirculation is impaired in patients with OSA and that the magnitude of impairment correlates to OSA severity.Subjects were consecutive patients scheduled for routine diagnostic polysomnography (PSG). OSA was defined by paradoxical rib cage movements together with abdominal excursions and by the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (events/hour; no apnea AHI