M Ahmad, D Makati, S Akbar - International journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder as is hypertension (HTN) in the 21st century with the rising incidence of obesity. Numerous studies have shown a strong …
The domestic dog may be the most morphologically diverse terrestrial mammalian species known to man; pedigree dogs are artificially selected for extreme aesthetics dictated by …
Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common cause of resistant hypertension, which has been proposed to result from activation of the renin–angiotensin …
BA Stuck, JT Maurer - Sleep medicine reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
As the interest in sleep-disordered breathing has increased, various attempts have been made to assess upper airway anatomy in patients with this relatively frequent disorder. The …
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common disorder caused by not only an impaired upper airway anatomy (ie anatomically narrow/collapsible airway), but also by several non …
KJ Butterfield, PLG Marks, L McLean… - Journal of Oral and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) surgery is a well-established treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Although many studies have assessed the efficacy of MMA …
Objectives The exact pathophysiology leading to pharyngeal collapse in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) remains incompletely understood. Prior research has shown that …
R Pahkala, J Seppä, A Ikonen, G Smirnov… - Sleep and …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Obesity is the most important risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); however, the exact underlying mechanisms are still not fully understood. The aim of this …
JE Barrera, CY Pau, VI Forest, AB Holbrook… - World journal of …, 2017 - mednexus.org
Objective: Determine if anatomic dimensions of airway structures are associated with airway obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Methods: Twenty-eight subjects with …