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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-0011</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev.fac.med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-0011</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-00112017000500039</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/revfacmed.v65n1Sup.59666</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Repercusiones cardiovasculares del síndrome de apnea-hipopnea obstructiva del sueño (SAHOS)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cardiovascular repercussions of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Barón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Páez-Moya]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sylvia]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica de Marly Departamento Médico y de Cardiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica de Marly Laboratorio de Sueño ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>65</volume>
<fpage>39</fpage>
<lpage>46</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-00112017000500039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-00112017000500039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-00112017000500039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En la población de sujetos con síndrome de apnea-hipopnea obstructiva del sueño se describen entidades clínicas cardiovasculares asociadas con esta entidad y que afectan su curso y pronóstico. Dentro de estas se encuentran hipertensión arterial, arritmias, enfermedad coronaria, insuficiencia cardíaca, hipertensión pulmonar y tromboembolismo venoso. Del mismo modo, se describen los mecanismos fisiopatológicos de estas asociaciones, su prevalencia e impacto. Dado que afectan el curso de la enfermedad y, por tanto, la severidad de la misma, estas entidades juegan un papel muy importante en la toma de decisiones al momento de ofrecer el mejor manejo en cada caso, el cual debe ser abordado de forma multidisciplinaria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In the population of subjects with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, associated cardiovascular clinical entities have been described, affecting the course and prognosis of the condition. Such descriptions include arterial hypertension, arrhythmias, coronary disease, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and venous thromboembolism. The pathophysiological mechanisms of these associations, their prevalence and impact are further discussed since they affect the course of the disease and, therefore, its severity; these entities play a very important role in decision making at the moment of offering the best management in each case, which must be approached in a multidisciplinary way.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mediadores de inflamación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Arritmias cardíacas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Enfermedad coronaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Insuficiencia cardíaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipertensión pulmonar (DeCS)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Inflammation Mediators]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Arrhythmias, Cardiac]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronary Disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hypertension, Pulmonary]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Heart Failure (MeSH)]]></kwd>
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