Association between Plaque Score of the Carotid Artery and the Severity of Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease | Zendy

Daisuke Hasegawa | Zendy; Akihito Tanaka | Zendy; Daijo Inaguma | Zendy; Eri Ito | Zendy; Naoki Kamegai | Zendy; Akiko Kato | Zendy; Minami Mizutani | Zendy; Hiroya Shimogushi | Zendy; Hibiki Shinjo | Zendy; Yasuhiro Otsuka | Zendy; Asami Takeda | Zendy

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Association between Plaque Score of the Carotid Artery and the Severity of Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Author(s) -

Daisuke Hasegawa,

Akihito Tanaka,

Daijo Inaguma,

Eri Ito,

Naoki Kamegai,

Akiko Kato,

Minami Mizutani,

Hiroya Shimogushi,

Hibiki Shinjo,

Yasuhiro Otsuka,

Asami Takeda

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

cardiorenal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1664-3828

pISSN - 1664-5502

DOI - 10.1159/000443748

Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , odds ratio , renal function , sleep apnea , blood pressure , body mass index , dialysis , cardiology , severity of illness

Recently, sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) has been associated with hypertension, cardiovascular disease and death. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have higher rates of SAS, atherosclerotic complications and death than do patients without CKD. Although the relationship between SAS and atherosclerosis is well known, few papers have described this relationship in humans, especially in CKD patients.

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