Establishment of a Rabbit Model of Chronic Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Application in Cardiovascular Consequences

Background: Although obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been recognized as a major risk factor for cardiovascular complications and its clinical features are well characterized, it is difficult to replicate the OSA hypoxic model in humans. We aimed to establish an experimental rabbit model for chroni...

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Published in:	Chinese Medical Journal
Main Authors:	Li-Fang Xu, Xiu-Fang Zhou, Ke Hu, Si Tang, Yu-Chuan Luo, Wen Lu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer 2017-01-01
Subjects:	Airway Obstruction; Animal Model; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Rabbit
Online Access:	http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2017;volume=130;issue=4;spage=452;epage=459;aulast=Xu