Effects of obstructive sleep apnea on the thoracic aorta and the main pulmonary artery: assessment by CT | Zendy

Roberto Castellana | Zendy; Giacomo Aringhieri | Zendy; Luna Gargani | Zendy; Michelangelo Maestri | Zendy; Alessandro Schirru | Zendy; Enrica Bonanni | Zendy; Ugo Faraguna | Zendy

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Effects of obstructive sleep apnea on the thoracic aorta and the main pulmonary artery: assessment by CT

Author(s) -

Roberto Castellana,

Giacomo Aringhieri,

Luna Gargani,

Michelangelo Maestri,

Alessandro Schirru,

Enrica Bonanni,

Ugo Faraguna

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.8770

Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , ascending aorta , oxygen saturation , univariate analysis , cardiology , sleep apnea , anesthesia , aorta , oxygen , multivariate analysis , chemistry , organic chemistry

The influence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on thoracic aortic size is debated. We aimed to identify possible relations between sleep parameters and the sizes of the ascending aorta (AA), the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), and the main pulmonary artery (MPA) in patients with untreated OSA and in a subgroup of participants without comorbidities capable of affecting the size of great thoracic vessels.

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