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Review
. 2019 Apr;73(4):744-756.
doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11780.

Apneic Sleep, Insufficient Sleep, and Hypertension

Meghna P Mansukhani  1 , Naima Covassin  2 , Virend K Somers  2
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Review

Apneic Sleep, Insufficient Sleep, and Hypertension

Meghna P Mansukhani et al. Hypertension. 2019 Apr.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Recording of sympathetic nerve activity, respiration and intra-arterial BP in the same subject with OSA- while awake, in REM sleep and with CPAP treatment, showing elimination of apnea, decreased SNA and prevention of BP surges with CPAP (reproduced with permission from)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Correlation between CPAP use and BP at the end of the follow-up period (reproduced with permission from) Abbreviations: BP=blood pressure, CPAP=Continuous positive airway pressure, OSA=obstructive sleep apnea, REM=rapid eye movement sleep, RESP=respiration, SNA=sympathetic nerve activity
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