Publications by authors named "E Vlachogiannis"
Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been related to vascular inflammation and production of endothelial cell adhesion molecules (CAMs). We aimed to determine night-morning variation of CAMs in patients with OSA compared to controls and the effect of one-night continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on them.
Methods: Nonsmoking men went through a full-attended polysomnography (PSG) study.
The effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on blood pressure and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Sleep Breath
September 2014
Aim: We aimed to evaluate the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Patients And Methods: We studied 38 hypertensive patients who suffered from severe OSA. Ambulatory BP measurement was performed at baseline and after at least 3 months of uninterrupted CPAP therapy.
Adaptive servoventilation vs. monoventricular assist device implantation: effects on quality of life and sleep in a patient with end-stage heart failure and sleep disordered breathing.
Sleep Breath
March 2014
Objective: Several studies suggest that obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with oxidative stress. However, there are also contrary observations and the role of antioxidant mechanisms has not been fully explored.
Patients And Methods: The present study evaluated serum total antioxidant status (TAS) in 32 OSAS patients without comorbidities, before and after a diagnostic sleep study and at a second sleep study after continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) application.