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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 25-28 |
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Hypertension and sleep apnea: The Deadly Duo
Navneet Wadhwa MD (Pharmacology) 1, Neeraj Tewari MBBS 2
1 AUW Global, New Delhi, India
2 Medicare, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Navneet Wadhwa
Physician Scientist, AUW Global, New Delhi
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/2250-3528.184012
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea is one of the most common cause of the secondary cause of consistent raised blood pressure. Evidence, consistently demonstrates that sleep apnea is a major modifiable risk factor of hypertension. Resistant hypertension has a strong correlation with OSA. There needs to be a strong emphasis for the effective therapeutic strategies to simultaneously improve the management of OSA and hypertension. |
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