Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

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4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
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Therapeutic effects in obstructive sleep apnoea

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Chairs: J. Verbraecken (Edegem, Belgium), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

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Treatment with CPAP reduces mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome within less than 3 years L. Hersberger, M. Frey, J. D. Leuppi, M. Tamm, W. M. Strobel (Basel, Switzerland)
Cardiac sympathovagal balance during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea patients is different under auto-adjusting CPAP than fixed-CPAP treatment V. Patruno, S. Aiolfi, R. Murgia, A. Malliani, N. Montano, A. M. Bianchi, O. Villanteri (Rivolta D‘adda, Milan, Italy)
Does forced oscillations technique in sitting, othostatic, and supine position, help early diagnosis of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in greatly obese patients? R. R. Bossi, C. C. Baldessari, V. V. Betti, T. T. Cappelletti, M. A. M. A. Romolotti, V. V. Fasano (Milano, Italy)
Functional imaging of mandibular advancement device using computational fluid dynamics on 3D patient specific models J. De Backer, W. Vos, O. Vanderveken, A. Devolder, P. Parizel, B. Partoens, W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
Changes in upper airway and obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in morbidly obese women after bariatric surgery A. Santiago, P. Caballero, F. J. Gomez-Terreros, A. Martin-Duce, M. J. Soleto, G. Vesperinas, C. Gomez-Candela, S. Alcolea, I. Fernandez-Navarro, F. Garcia-Rio, R. Alvarez-Sala (Madrid, Alcala de Henares, Spain)
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and left ventricular diastolic function: effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) J. P. Baguet, M. A. Lebrun, P. Levy, H. Pierre, M. Peeters, S. Mouret, J. M. Mallion, J. L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
Remaining pulse wave amplitude changes after elimination of sleep apnea J. Radlinski, D. Zou, L. Grote, J. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden; Rabka - Zdroj, Poland)
Impact of CPAP treatment on sympathetic activity and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in normotensive men with obstructive sleep apnoea Y. Peker, L. Grote, G. Johannsson, J. Hedner (Skövde, Gothenburg, Sweden)