Long-term Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Hypertensive Patients with Sleep Apnea

2009454 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ferrán Barbé · Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias

Joaquín Durán‐Cantolla · Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias

Francisco Capote · Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

Mónica de la Peña · Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias

Eusebi Chiner · Hospital Universitari Sant Joan D'Alacant

Juan F. Masa · Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias

Abstract

In nonsleepy hypertensive patients with OSA, CPAP treatment for 1 year is associated with a small decrease in BP. This effect is evident only in patients who use CPAP for more than 5.6 hours per night. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00127348).

Topics & Keywords

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Sleep and related disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volume 181, Issue 7, pp. 718-726

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200901-0050oc

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