... Ancoli-Israel S, Chesson AL, Quan SF. The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events: Rules, Terminology, and Technical Specifications. Westchester, Ill: American Academy of ... Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya/ Turkey. 2. Department of Cardiology, Meram Medical Faculty, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. 3. Department of Biochemistry, ... intrathoracic pressure and cardiac pre -and after-load work; and intermittent hypoxemia via causing endothelial dysfunction [28]; and haemostatic disturbances [29-31]. Finally, the present study demonstrated...