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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Long-Term Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy on Obesity and Cardiovascular Comorbidities in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Resistant Hypertension-An Observational Study.

Roxana Pleava, Stefan Mihaicuta, Costela Lacrimioara Serban, Carmen Ardelean, Iosif Marincu, Dan Gaita, Stefan Frent

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roxana PleavaDepartment of Cardiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 300041, Romania.
Stefan MihaicutaDepartment of Pulmonology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 300041, Romania.
Costela Lacrimioara SerbanDepartment of Functional Sciences, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 300041, Romania.
Carmen ArdeleanCardioprevent Foundation, Timisoara 300298, Romania.
Iosif MarincuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 300041, Romania.
Dan GaitaDepartment of Cardiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 300041, Romania.
Stefan FrentDepartment of Pulmonology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 300041, Romania.
Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe sought to investigate whether long-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and resistant hypertension (RHTN) could attenuate the cardiovascular disease risk by lowering their body-mass index (BMI).

methodsThis was a long-term observational study of RHTN patients diagnosed with OSA. Patients were evaluated with polysomnography initially and after a mean follow-up period of four years. The patients were divided into two groups based on their compliance to CPAP therapy.

results33 patients (aged 54.67 ± 7.5, 18 men, 54.5%) were included in the study, of which 12 were compliant to CPAP therapy. A significant reduction in BMI at follow-up was noted in patients compliant to CPAP therapy (1.4 ± 3.5 vs. -1.6 ± 2.5,

conclusionsIn our cohort of OSA patients with RHTN, long-term adherence to CPAP therapy was associated with weight loss and improvement in cardiac rhythm outcomes.

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body-mass indexCPAP therapyresistant hypertensionsleep apnea

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PMID32872644
PMCPMC7564990
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