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SUBMITTER: Migacz E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8224789 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Migacz Ewa E Olejarz Wioletta W Głuszko Alicja A Bednarek-Rajewska Katarzyna K Proczka Robert R Smith David F DF Ishman Stacey L SL Kukwa Wojciech W
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210522 6
A chronic inflammatory process characteristic of obstructive sleep apnea promotes vascular endothelial dysfunction and atherogenesis. This process can lead to destabilization and rupture of cardiovascular plaques, which clinically manifests as an acute coronary syndrome or stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate the inflammatory pathway leading to plaque destabilization in non-to-mild and moderate-to-severe groups of OSA patients. This prospective study involved enrollment of patients s ...[more]