Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: an American Heart Association/american College Of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke Council, and Council On Cardiovascular Nursing. In collaboration with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (National Institutes of Health).

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Published in Circulation on August 25, 2008

Authors

Virend K Somers, David P White, Raouf Amin, William T Abraham, Fernando Costa, Antonio Culebras, Stephen Daniels, John S Floras, Carl E Hunt, Lyle J Olson, Thomas G Pickering, Richard Russell, Mary Woo, Terry Young, American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association Stroke Council, American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, American College of Cardiology Foundation

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Intermittent Hypoxia 2: Cardiovascular and Metabolism (IH2) | NCT02058823

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