Snoring and severity of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a population-based study.

BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea has increasingly been linked to cardiovascular damage. More recently, the snoring component itself has been independently linked to the presence of carotid atheroma, via local arterial trauma. We aimed to identify whether a snoring history is a risk factor for car...

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Main Authors: Mason, R, Mehta, Z, Fonseca, A, Stradling, JR, Rothwell, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012