Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 210-217 , September 2009

The Impact of Sleep Apnea on Conventional Doppler Indices

  • Ching-Chih Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, tiualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Wei Chen

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, tiualien, Taiwan
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, 2, Min-Sheng Road, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan

Received 5 February 2009 ,Revised 18 February 2009 ,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60041-0

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60041-0

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 210-217 , September 2009

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