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| Swapnil Manaji Thorve, Assistant Professor, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College
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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a common sleep disordered breathing which is caused by partial or complete upper airway collapse resulting in intermittent hypoxemia, sympathetic activation, and autonomic disturbances. OSAS leads to several cardiovascular complications like hypertension, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, coronary artery diseases, pulmonary hypertension, and stroke. Early diagnosis in high-risk patients with polysomnography and treatment helps in decreasing morbidity and mortality associated with its...
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