The hypoxic burden: also known as the desaturation severity parameter

Timo Leppänen^{1

2}, Antti Kulkas^{1

3}, Juha Töyräs^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Yliopistonranta 1, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
² Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2, FI-70029 Kuopio, Finland.
³ Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Hanneksenrinne 7, FI-60220 Seinäjoki, Finland.
⁴ School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4067, Australia.

Comment

Timo Leppänen et al. Eur Heart J. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 14;40(35):2991-2993.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz271.

Timo Leppänen^{1

2}, Antti Kulkas^{1

3}, Juha Töyräs^{1

2

4}

¹ Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Yliopistonranta 1, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
² Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2, FI-70029 Kuopio, Finland.
³ Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Hanneksenrinne 7, FI-60220 Seinäjoki, Finland.
⁴ School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4067, Australia.

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The hypoxic burden: a novel sleep apnoea severity metric and a predictor of cardiovascular mortality-Reply to 'The hypoxic burden: also known as the desaturation severity parameter'.
Azarbarzin A, Sands SA, White DP, Redline S, Wellman A. Azarbarzin A, et al. Eur Heart J. 2019 Sep 14;40(35):2994-2995. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz273. Eur Heart J. 2019. PMID: 31065680 No abstract available.

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