Left Ventricular Mass index and Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Patients with the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Background: Sleep apnea is accompanied by some cardiovascular complications. It has even been hypothesized that sleep apnea, itself, can induce some of these complications. Given such controversies, we assessed the left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and systolic pulmonary artery pressure in patient...

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Main Authors: Seyed Hashem Sezavar, Shokoufeh Hajsadeghi, Maral Hejrati, Mir Farhad Ghaleh Bandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
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Online Access:https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/510