| Autor: |
Kalpana, Prakasa, Jehanara, Ahmed, Syed, Hasan, Mahmoud, Yousef, Sachin, Shridharani |
| Rok vydání: |
2005 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Missouri medicine. 102(6) |
| ISSN: |
0026-6620 |
| Popis: |
The acute electrocardiographic changes during apneic episodes in patients with sleep apnea are well known. Long-term electro-cardiographic changes in these patients are not well studied. We conducted a retrospective case-control study to assess the electrocardiographic changes in African-American patients with established obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). A significant percentage of patients with OSA had abnormal EKGs as compared to the control group. The effect of sleep apnea on the cardiovascular system is more complex in African-Americans due to higher prevalence of co-morbid conditions. Seventy-three percent of our patients with OSA had metabolic syndrome. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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