Effect of hypertension on upper airway function and sleep apnoea.
Current evidence suggests that elevations in blood pressure during obstructive apnoeic episodes increase pharyngeal collapsibility and the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Schwartz
AR
Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center, Pulmonary & Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, and Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rowley
JA
O'Donnell
C
King
ED
Mayor
A
Smith
PL