Article
Relationship between apnoea-hypopnoea index and angiographic coronary disease phenotypes in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction.
Acute cardiac care - 1 Jun 2013
Hein Thet, Loo Germaine, Ng Wai-Yee, Tai Bee-Choo, Kajiya Takashi, Tan Adeline, Khoo See-Meng, Chan Mark, Low Adrian F, Chia Boon-Lock, Richards Mark, Lee Chi-Hang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Relationship between obstructive sleep apnoea and atherosclerosis has not been confirmed using coronary angiography. We sought to investigate the relationships between the apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) and angiographic coronary disease phenotypes. METHODS: SYNTAX score, lesion complexity, and thrombus burden grade were determined in 125 patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction and had...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Coronary Angiography
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Monitoring, Physiologic
