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Baroreflex Gain in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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2009

Year

Keith McConnell, Virend K. Somers, Thomas R. Kimball, Stephen R. Daniels, Rhonda VanDyke, Matthew Fenchel, Aliza P. Cohen, Paul Willging, Abu Shamsuzzaman, Raouf Amin
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with a decrease in nighttime baroreflex gain and an increase in blood pressure variability. This increase is correlated with changes in left ventricular mass index.

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