Aortic root size is associated with nocturnal blood pressure in a population of hypertensive patients under treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.
Pascal DelsartJerome SoquetElodie DrumezFrancis JuthierSeenam KutoatiThomas Nganou KoutouziStephanie FryAnne MallartDavid MontaigneClaire Mounier-VehierPublished in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2018)
In OSA patients, the relationship between aortic root diameter and nocturnal BP persists on CPAP therapy. Further studies that evaluate the potential protective effect of OSA treatment on aortic root dilatation should monitor nocturnal diastolic BP.
Keyphrases
- obstructive sleep apnea
- blood pressure
- hypertensive patients
- positive airway pressure
- sleep apnea
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary artery
- heart rate
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- sleep quality
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- climate change
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery
- human health
- replacement therapy
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- optical coherence tomography
- atrial fibrillation
- smoking cessation
- patient reported