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Impairment of Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation of Resistance Vessels in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Masahiko Kato, Philip Roberts‐Thomson, Bradley G. Phillips, William G. Haynes, Mikołaj Winnicki, Valentina Accurso, Virend K. Somers

Circulation · 2000 · 725 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Patients with OSA have an impairment of resistance-vessel endothelium-dependent vasodilation. This may be implicated in the pathogenesis of hypertension and heart failure in this condition.

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