Increased microcirculatory heterogeneity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep disordered breathing and has been associated with major cardiovascular comorbidities. We hypothesized that the microcirculation is impaired in patients with OSA and that the magnitude of impairment correlates to OSA severity.Subjects wer...

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Main Authors: Lukas Ruzek, Karolina Svobodova, Lyle J Olson, Ondrej Ludka, Ivan Cundrle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5581006?pdf=render