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The Importance of sleep fragmentation on the hemodynamic dipping in obstructive sleep apnea patients

2020Journal article Open access
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Barros, Inês
Fernandes, Dina
Grencho, Dina
Matos, Filipa
Valença, João
Almeida, António Bugalho de

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been associated with non-dipping blood pressure (BP). The precise mechanism is still under investigation, but repetitive oxygen desaturation and arousal induced sleep fragmentation are considered the main contributors.

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Sleep disordered breathing Cardiovascular risk Sleep disturbance Arterial blood pressure Stroke

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7510

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Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1- 13 Doi:10.3389/fphys.2020.00104

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Frontiers Media SA

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10.3389/fphys.2020.00104

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