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Autonomic nervous system and cardiac channelopathies in sleep apnea—one more piece of a complex puzzle?

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Abbreviations

LQTS:

Long QT syndrome

OSAS:

Obstructive sleep apnea

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Vincenz Hospital, Auf dem Schafsberg, 65549, Limburg/Lahn, Germany

    Steiner Stephan

  2. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Avenida Marques Vélez s/n, Murcia, 30.008, Spain

    Esquinas Antonio

  3. Department of Cardiology and Electrophysiology, University Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany

    Meyer Christian

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Stephan, S., Antonio, E. & Christian, M. Autonomic nervous system and cardiac channelopathies in sleep apnea—one more piece of a complex puzzle?. Sleep Breath 20, 1003–1004 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-015-1248-1

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