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SUBMITTER: Welch BT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5214089 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Welch Brian T BT Petersen-Jones Humphrey G HG Eugene Andy R AR Brinjikji Waleed W Kallmes David F DF Curry Timothy B TB Joyner Michael J MJ Limberg Jacqueline K JK
Respiratory physiology & neurobiology 20161029
We tested the hypotheses that: (1) carotid body size can be measured by computed tomographic angiography (CTA) with high inter-observer agreement, and (2) patients with sleep apnea exhibit larger carotid bodies than those without sleep apnea. A chart review was conducted from patients who underwent neck CTA and polysomnography at the Mayo Clinic between January 2000 and February 2015. Widest axial measurements of the carotid bodies, performed independently by two radiologists, were possible in 8 ...[more]