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Established vascular effects of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in patients with obstructive sleep

Annette Marie Wons1, Malcolm Kohler1

  • 11 Sleep Disorders Centre and Pulmonary Division, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ; 2 Centre for Integrative Human Physiology, 3 Centre for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Journal of Thoracic Disease
|June 24, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
Obstructive sleep apoea (OSA)arterial hypertensioncontinuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)endothelial function

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