Correlations between severity of obstructive sleep apnoea and systolic pulmonary artery pressure: preliminary results

Conclusions: Nocturnal respiratory failure could be the real determining factor for pulmonary hypertension in patients with OSA, but these preliminary results need further studies on a bigger sample to be confirmed.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Marra, L., Cicco, S., Castellana, G., Di Lecce, V., Carratu, P., Ranieri, G., Vacca, A., Resta, O. Tags: Sleep and control of breathing Source Type: research