Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.

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Sleep related breathing disorders and cardiovascular disease

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Chairs: J. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden), H. Teschler (Essen, Germany)

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Obstructive sleep apnoea and risk of cardiovascular disease in men. A follow-up study J. Durán-Cantolla, F. Aizpuru, R. Rubio, L. Guerra, G. De La Torre, R. Nuñez, E. Socarrás (Vitoria, Spain)
Association between obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and risk of systemic hypertension in men. A prospective study J. Durán-Cantolla, F. Aizpuru, R. Rubio, G. De La Torre, R. Nuñez, E. Socarrás, L. Guerra (Vitoria, Spain)
Diastolic diurnal hypertension is underestimated in patients with unknown hypertension at time of sleep apnoea diagnosis J. L. Pepin, J. P. Baguet, L. Hammer, H. Pierre, P. Levy, J. M. Mallion (Grenoble, France)
Influence of obstructive sleep apnea in coronary artery disease: an 8-years-follow-up G. C. Hagenah, E. Gueven, S. Andreas (Goettingen, Germany)
Circadian prevalence of Cheyne-stokes respiration in patients with congestive heart failure T. Brack, I. Thuer, C. F. Clarenbach, O. Senn, G. Noll, E. W. Russi, K. E. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)
Left ventricle structure and function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) J. Kober, R. Plywaczewski, W. Z. Tomkowski, A. Fijalkowska, J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland)
Severe bradyarrhythmias in pts with sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and the effect of CPAP treatment. A long-term study with the use of implantable loop recorders S. E. Schiza, E. N. Simantirakis, M. E. Marketou, S. I. Chrysostomakis, E. Lampiri, P. E. Vardas, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
No benefit of overdrive atrial pacing for treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) J. L. Pepin, P. Defaye, C. Deschaux, Y. Poezevara, P. Levy (Grenoble, France)