Obstructive sleep apnea, detected by the Berlin Questionnaire: an associated risk factor for coronary artery disease Risco de apneia obstrutiva do sono detectado pelo Questionário de Berlim está associado com doença arterial coronariana

• Main Authors: Daniela Massierer (Author), Denis Martinez (Author), Sandra Costa Fuchs (Author), Paulo P. Pellin (Author), Márcio S. Garcia (Author), Ana Luisa Zacharias (Author), Isadora F. Antunes (Author), Marco V. Wainstein (Author), Leila Beltrami Moreira (Author), Jorge Pinto Ribeiro (Author), Flavio Danni Fuchs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a risk factor for coronary artery disease, remains under diagnosed. We investigated if OSA identified by the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) is associated with the risk of coronary artery disease. Cases were patients referred for elective coronariography. The cases were clas...