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Amir Sharafkhaneh1, Ritwick Agrawal1, Vijay Nambi2

  • 1Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Section, Medical Care Line, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Sleep medicine
|August 13, 2023
PubMed
概括

肥胖和阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 显著影响急性心肌梗塞 (MI) 存活率. 患有这两种疾病的患者 (肥胖-OSA) 的住院死亡率最低,这表明OSA在肥胖心脏病患者中推动了生存益处.

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