Upper Airway Fat Tissue Distribution in Subjects With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Effect on Retropalatal Mechanical Loads.
OBJECTIVE: To validate the hypothesis that fat tissue accumulation adjacent to the upper airway contributes to a predisposition to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), irrespective of body mass index (BMI), as well as investigate the effect of the volume of fat tissue on pharyngeal mechanical loads. METHO...
| Published in: | Respiratory Care Vol. 57; no. 7; pp. 1098 - 1106 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Jul2012
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |