Abstract:Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been independently associated with cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, coronary heart disease and heart failure. Also, it had a deleterious impact on renal function and a link to diabetes mellitus (DM) and insulin resistance. Resistin is new adipokine and may play a role in cardiac, diabetics and renal patients.Aim of the work: The aim of this work is screening of cardiac dysfunction, DM and renal impairment in OSA patients and to study the role of res… Show more
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