The story continues: impact of OSA on cardiometabolic parameters

Poster Discussion
Chairs: W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)

Impact of overnight sleep on resting metabolic rate in OSA patients and controls A. Pataka, K. Fekete, A. Boutou, N. Chavouzis, G. Pitsiou, I. Athanasiou, T. Kontakiotis, P. Argyropoulou, I. Kioumis (Exochi, Greece)
OSAS and oxidative stress before and after treatment with CPAP therapy: Follow-up of 10 patients M. Brunori, S. Nkwenze, G. Pane, S. Melandri, L. Panza, E. Pipitone, S. Ungaro, D. Parola (Rome, Italy)
An electronic nose distinguishes the exhaled breath of obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) from subjects with a similar body mass index and without OSA S. Dragonieri, P. Carratu, A. Baldassarre, V. Ventura, M. Aliani, M. Carone, O. Resta (Bari, Cassano delle Murge, Italy)
The effect of CPAP withdrawal on blood pressure in OSA: Data from three randomised-controlled trials E. I. Schwarz, C. Schlatzer, V. A. Rossi, C. Nowak, K. E. Bloch, J. R. Stradling, M. Kohler (Zurich, Switzerland; Oxford, United Kingdom)
Effect of obstructive sleep apnea in severity and short-term prognosis of acute coronary syndrome M. Florés, M. Sánchez-de-la-Torre, C. Esquinas, J. Abad, J. Durán-Cantolla, O. Mediano, J. Amilibia, M. J. Masdeu, M. de la Peña, A. Aldomà, F. Worner, A. Sánchez-de-la-Torre, N. Roure, F. Barbé (Lleida, Badalona, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Guadalajara, Bilbao, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Bunyola, Madrid, Spain)
Effects of pathological respiratory pattern on heart rate turbulence in sleep apnea A. De Felice, G. D'Addio, G. Insalaco, M. Romano, G. Balzano, M. Cesarelli (Telese Terme, Palermo, Naples, Italy)
Smoking status, clinical presentation and outcomes in obstructive sleep apnoea A. Boldova, S. Carrizo, E. Minchole, V. Moya, E. Forcen, J. M. Marin (Zaragoza, Spain)
Nocturia is an independent predictive factor of prevalent hypertension in obstructive sleep apnea patients M. Destors, R. Tamisier, M. Sapene, Y. Grillet, J. P. Baguet, P. Richard, J. Girey-Rannaud, S. Dias-Domingos, F. Martin, B. Stach, B. Housset, P. Levy, J. L. Pepin (Grenoble, Bordeaux, Valence, Saint-Omer, Compiègne, Valenciennes, Créteil, France)
Atrial dysrhythmia control through cardioversion improves sleep disordered breathing in patients with heart failure H. Fox, T. Bitter, D. Horstkotte, O. Oldenburg (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany)
Microalbuminuria in obstrucive sleep apnea syndrome E. Bulcun, A. Ekici, M. Ekici, D. Cimen, U. Kisa (Kirikkale, Turkey)
Vasopressin in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome – An interventional, case-control study P. Grendelmeier, W. Strobel, T. Schmid, K. Jahn, M. Tamm, D. Stolz (Basel, Solothurn, Switzerland)
Beneficial cardiovascular risk factor modification observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea following maxillomandibular advancement surgery S. Islam, C. Taylor, I. Ormiston (Leicester, Wiltshire, United Kingdom)
Leukotriene B4 as an early predictor of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea I. Ibrahim, A. Shawky, Y. Mansour, K. Rashed, W. Bahnasy, E. Abd Elaziz (Tanta, Egypt)
Prevalence of hyperuricemia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea from the Mallorca cohort E. Mazzuca, A. M. Marotta, C. I. Gruttad'Auria, A. Castrogiovanni, L. Serafino Agrusa, C. Esquinas, A. Barcelo', F. Barbé, O. Marrone, M. R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy; Lleida, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Liver enzymes in OSA patients at diagnosis: The Mallorca cohort C. Gruttad'Auria, E. Mazzuca, A. M. Marotta, A. Castrogiovanni, P. Baiamonte, G. Lo Grasso, C. Esquinas, A. Barcelo', F. Barbé, M. R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy; Palma de Mallorca, Lleida, Spain)
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and a calculation of cardiovascular risk L. Visscher, M. G. J. Brusse-Keizer, M. M. M. Eijsvogel (Enschede, Netherlands)
Hemodynamic effects of Cheyne-Stokes respiration in heart failure? O. Oldenburg, H. Fox, J. Spießhöfer, T. Bitter, D. Horstkotte (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany)
HRV analysis in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome by means of LF/HF ratio and fractal dimension E. Fornasa, A. De Felice, G. D'Addio, G. Insalaco, G. Balzano, A. Accardo (Trieste, Telese Terme, Palermo, Italy)