Free radicals in the physiological control of cell function

W Dröge - Physiological reviews, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
At high concentrations, free radicals and radical-derived, nonradical reactive species are
hazardous for living organisms and damage all major cellular constituents. At moderate …

Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea: a population health perspective

T Young, PE Peppard, DJ Gottlieb - American journal of respiratory …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
Population-based epidemiologic studies have uncovered the high prevalence and wide
severity spectrum of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea, and have consistently found that …

Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an …

JM Marin, SJ Carrizo, E Vicente, AGN Agusti - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Background The effect of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea as a cardiovascular risk
factor and the potential protective effect of its treatment with continuous positive airway …

Sleep-disordered breathing and mortality: a prospective cohort study

NM Punjabi, BS Caffo, JL Goodwin, DJ Gottlieb… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Sleep-disordered breathing is a common condition associated with adverse
health outcomes including hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The overall objective …

Management of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians

A Qaseem, JEC Holty, DK Owens, P Dallas… - Annals of internal …, 2013 - acpjournals.org
Description: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present
the evidence and provide clinical recommendations on the management of obstructive sleep …

Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular disease

M Sánchez-de-la-Torre… - The Lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common health concern caused by repeated episodes
of collapse of the upper airway during sleep. The events associated with OSA lead to brain …

Obstructive sleep apnoea and its cardiovascular consequences

TD Bradley, JS Floras - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common disorder in which repetitive apnoeas expose
the cardiovascular system to cycles of hypoxia, exaggerated negative intrathoracic pressure …

Obstructive sleep apnea: implications for cardiac and vascular disease

ASM Shamsuzzaman, BJ Gersh, VK Somers - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been increasingly implicated in the initiation and
progression of cardiovascular diseases. ObjectiveTo systematically review the interactions …

Cardiovascular mortality in women with obstructive sleep apnea with or without continuous positive airway pressure treatment: a cohort study

F Campos-Rodriguez, MA Martinez-Garcia… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a risk factor for cardiovascular death in men,
but whether it is also a risk factor in women is unknown. Objective: To investigate whether …

Increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged men with obstructive sleep apnea: a 7-year follow-up

Y Peker, J Hedner, J Norum, H Kraiczi… - American journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
The incidence of a cardiovascular disease (CVD) was explored in a consecutive sleep clinic
cohort of 182 middle-aged men (mean age, 46.8±9.3; range, 30–69 years in 1991) with or …