Annual Congress Stockholm 2007

Saturday, 15.09.2007
Sunday, 16.09.2007
Monday, 17.09.2007
Tuesday, 18.09.2007
Wednesday, 19.09.2007

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, abstract number.


Material from 2007:
  • 4066 Abstracts
  • 635 Slide presentations
  • 310 Webcasts
  • 98 Handouts
  • 1992 e-posters
  • 310 Multimedia files
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Cardiovascular and respiratory control in obstructive sleep apnoea

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: V. Donic (Kosice, Slovakia), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Comparisson of corrective effects of APAP and CPAP on disordered autonomic nervous system function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
P. Ozkan, L. Karasulu, E. Seyhan, S. Sokucu, S. Altin, L. Dalar (Istanbul, Bilecik, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Decreased plasma levels of nitric oxide (NO) derivatives in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): response to automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) therapy
P. Pinto, C. Barbara, M. Guarino, R. Patarrao, M. Mota Carmo, P. Macedo, J. Teixeira, R. Dias, C. Canhao, M. J. Marques Gomes (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of nasal CPAP on exhaled nitric oxide in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
C. Lopes, A. Marinho, E. Eusébio, J. Pipa, C. Winck (Porto, Portugal)
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Sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome in stroke patients. A case series evolution. Preliminary results
F. González-Torralba, A. M. Ochoa Ruiz, M. J. Díaz de Atauri Rodríguez de los Ríos, R. Moreno Zabaleta, L. Ballesteros, J. Díaz-Guzmán (Madrid, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Vascular reactivity in patients with mild-moderate obstructive sleep apnoea
M. Kohler, S. Craig, D. Nicoll, P. Leeson, J. Stradling (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The relationship between hypoxemia and premature ventricular contractions in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)
Y. Wu, Y. Zhou, Y. Yan, Z. Li (Guangzhou, China)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Influence of body weight on plasma NT-proBNP in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients
R. Plywaczewski, J. Czerniawska, M. Bednarek, P. Bielen, A. Nowinski, L. Jonczak, D. Gorecka, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of continuous positive airway pressure on 24 h ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive patients with OSA
E. C. Mucenica, D. Boisteanu, D. Andries, G. Pras, J. A. Wirth (Iasi, Romania; Alfeld/L, Germany)
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Plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
R. Sabato, G. Cocuzzi, A. Depalo, G. E. Carpagnano, V. Turchiarelli, M. P. Foschino Barbaro (Foggia, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Natriuretic peptide in sleep apnea – relation with hypoxia
G. Trakada, P. Steiropoulos, T. Gkioka, I. Sotiriou, S. Anevlavis, G. Kouliatsis, A. Pataka, D. Bouros (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chemo-baroreflex interactions in type-1 diabetes
L. Bernardi, C. Porta, A. Rinaldi, C. Gazzaruso, P. Fratino, P. DeCata, P. Protti, R. Paltro (Pavia, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory alterations by chronic long-term intermittent hypobaric hypoxia in rabbits; importance of peripheral chemoreceptors
N. Yelmen, I. Guner, G. Sahin, T. Oruc, S. Sipahi, O. Yaman (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Slow breathing improves cardiovascular control and respiratory efficiency at no increase in metabolic cost
L. Bernardi, R. Balsamo, B. Binazzi, R. Bianchi, M. Agnesi, F. Gigliotti, G. Scano (Pavia, Florence, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Repetition of brief hypoxic stimuli induces long-term adaptation in respiratory control depending on individual breathing pattern
L. Bernardi, M. Agnesi, R. Balsamo (Pavia, Italy)
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Increased chemical drive does not alter the loading-mediated short-latency inhibitory reflex of scalene muscles
N. Murray, D. McKenzie, S. Gandevia, J. Butler (Randwick, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of posture on neural respiratory drive, oesophageal and gastric pressure in normal and obese subjects
J. Steier, C. Jolley, J. Seymour, K. Ward, C. Lockie, S. Merritt, M. Polkey, J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Characterization of the chaotic dynamics of breathing during sleep
M. N. Fiamma, M. Wysocki, I. Arnulf, M. Zelter, J. P. Derenne, T. Similowski, C. Straus (Paris, France; Bonaduz, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Nocturnal BP pattern and cardiovascular risk in a group of patients with moderate-severe OSAS. Evaluation of the effect of CPAP treatment
L. Lores, M. C. Almendros, F. Ribò, T. Pascual, E. Arellano (Sant Boi de llobregat, Barcelona, Girona, Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
REM-related sinus arrest and total atrioventricular (AV) block in healthy subjects: underlying mechanism and therapeutical option
N. Veranneman, J. Wim, W. Rik, P. Dirk, B. Bertien (Leuven, Gent, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Interleukin-6 affects the control of breathing
A. Sotiriou, M. Dettoraki, G. Kastis, I. Rentziou, G. Priona, C. Roussos, T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece)
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