Lack of reliable clinical predictors to identify obstructive sleep apnea in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

OBJECTIVE: Obstructive sleep apnea is common among patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and may contribute to poor cardiovascular outcomes. However, obstructive sleep apnea is largely unrecognized in this population. We sought to identify the clinical predictors of obstructive sleep apnea among...

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Main Authors: Flávia B. Nerbass, Rodrigo P. Pedrosa, Pedro R. Genta, Murillo O. Antunes, Edmundo Arteaga-Fernández, Luciano F. Drager, Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2013-07-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000700992&lng=en&tlng=en