The influence of sleep apnea syndrome and intermittent hypoxia in carotid adventitial vasa vasorum.

The influence of sleep apnea syndrome and intermittent hypoxia in carotid adventitial vasa vasorum.

Subjects with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) show an increased carotid intima-media thickness. However, no data exist about earlier markers of atheromatous disease, such as the proliferation and expansion of the adventitial vasa vasorum (VV) to the avascular intima in this setting. Our aim was...

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Main Authors: Carolina López-Cano, Ferran Rius, Enric Sánchez, Anna Michela Gaeta, Àngels Betriu, Elvira Fernández, Andree Yeramian, Marta Hernández, Marta Bueno, Liliana Gutiérrez-Carrasquilla, Mireia Dalmases, Albert Lecube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211742

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