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Nocturnal Cerebral Hemodynamics in Snorers and in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Fabio Pizza, Martin Biallas, Martin Wolf, Esther Werth, Claudio L. Bassetti

SLEEP · 2010 · 84 citations · 26 references

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The results of this study suggest that acute cerebral hemodynamic consequences of SDB lead to a failure of autoregulatory mechanisms with brain hypoxia only in the presence of frequent apneas (AHI > 30) and obstructive events.

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