Pulmonary hypertension in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea
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- 6 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Vol. 56 (3) , 311-312
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.00957.x
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.Keywords
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