Ana Sanchez-Azofra1, Jeremy E Orr2, David Sanz-Rubio3

  • 1Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA 92093, USA; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

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较高的睡眠呼吸暂停特异性脉动率响应 (ΔHR) 与阻塞性睡眠暂停 (OSA) 患者的亚临床动脉样硬化增加相关. 这表明 ΔHR 可能作为一个有价值的心血管疾病风险生物标志物在OSA.

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