Open AccessCoronary flow reserve is impaired in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Author(s) -
Şerife Savaş Bozbaş,
Serpil Eroğlu,
Berna Akıncı Özyürek,
Füsun Öner Eyüboğlu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_195_16
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary flow reserve , cardiology , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , dipyridamole , diastole , doppler echocardiography , apnea , coronary artery disease , blood pressure
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in adult populations. Accumulating data indicate that it is independently associated with a variety of cardiovascular diseases and has prognostic importance in affected cases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate coronary flow reserve (CFR) in patients with OSA and controls.