Association of epicardial fat thickness with clinical and polysomnographic parameters in non-obese obstructive sleep apnoea patients.

CONCLUSION: Non-obese obstructive sleep apnoea patients have thicker epicardial fat compared to controls. Oxygen desaturation index 3 has a strong correlation with epicardial fat thickness and is an independent predictor of it. PMID: 29683104 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Laryngology and Otology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: J Laryngol Otol Source Type: research