Sleep apnoea and hypertension.
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens
; 11(2): 201-14, 2002 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11856914
ABSTRACT
This review article provides an update on two major issues. First, the most recent evidence supporting the occurrence of an association between obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, or more generally sleep-disordered breathing, and arterial hypertension in humans is summarized and discussed. This includes an evaluation of both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Second, new insights into the mechanisms responsible for the appearance of chronic hypertension in individuals suffering from recurrent nocturnal apnoeic episodes are provided, based both on experimental studies in animals and on clinical studies in humans. The relevance of these data for the clinical management of hypertensive patients with sleep-disordered breathing, and the possibility of obtaining a reduction in blood pressure through the application of nasal continuous positive air pressure, is also addressed.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Síndromes da Apneia do Sono
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Hipertensão
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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NEFROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália