Open AccessHypertension and sleep apnea: The Deadly Duo
Author(s) -
Navneet Wadhwa,
Neeraj Tewari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and preventive cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2456-3366
pISSN - 2250-3528
DOI - 10.4103/2250-3528.184012
Subject(s) - obstructive sleep apnea , medicine , sleep apnea , blood pressure , risk factor , cardiology , apnea , sleep (system call) , intensive care medicine , computer science , operating system
Obstructive Sleep Apnea is one of the most common cause of the secondary cause of consistent raised blood pressure. Evidence, consistently demonstrates that sleep apnea is a major modifiable risk factor of hypertension. Resistant hypertension has a strong correlation with OSA. There needs to be a strong emphasis for the effective therapeutic strategies to simultaneously improve the management of OSA and hypertension