Conclusion  The effect of sleep-disordered breathing on alteration of autonomic tone in patients with hypopnea and obstructive apnea is
more severe than estimated by conventional polysomnographic assessment of apnea and hypopnea. Patients with sleep apnea show
a sympathetic overdrive not only during phases of hypopnea and obstructive apnea but also in non-apnea, non-hypopnea intervals
before and after hypopnea, and obstructive apnea.




Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionPages 1-7DOI 10.1007/s00399-012-0166-1Authors
C. Jilek, Clinic and Policlinic of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, GermanyJ. Gebauer, Clinic and Policlinic of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, GermanyF. Muders, Clini...

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