Hypertension and sleep apnea: The Deadly Duo

oleh: Navneet Wadhwa, Neeraj Tewari

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01

Deskripsi

Obstructive Sleep Apnea is one of the most common cause of the secondary cause of consistent raised blood pressure. Evidence, consistently demonstrates that sleep apnea is a major modifiable risk factor of hypertension. Resistant hypertension has a strong correlation with OSA. There needs to be a strong emphasis for the effective therapeutic strategies to simultaneously improve the management of OSA and hypertension.