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Ludger Grote

Professor, Center for Sleep and Wakefulness Disorders, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg …
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Cited by 13122

Effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

HF Becker, A Jerrentrup, T Ploch, L Grote, T Penzel… - circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— There is increasing evidence that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an
independent risk factor for arterial hypertension. Because there are no controlled studies showing …

Comparison of detrended fluctuation analysis and spectral analysis for heart rate variability in sleep and sleep apnea

T Penzel, JW Kantelhardt, L Grote… - IEEE Transactions …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sleep has been regarded as a testing situation for the autonomic nervous system, because
its activity is modulated by sleep stages. Sleep-related breathing disorders also influence the …

On the rise and fall of the apnea− hypopnea index: A historical review and critical appraisal

…, B Gnidovec‐Strazisar, L Grote… - Journal of sleep …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The publication of “The Sleep Apnea Syndromes” by Guilleminault et al. in the 1970s
hallmarked the discovery of a new disease entity involving serious health consequences. …

Recommendations for the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension

…, C Lombardi, J Hedner, MR Bonsignore, L Grote… - 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This article is aimed at addressing the current state-of-the-art in epidemiology, pathophysiology,
diagnostic procedures and treatment options for appropriate management of obstructive …

Definition, discrimination, diagnosis and treatment of central breathing disturbances during sleep

…, W De Backer, DJ Eckert, L Grote… - European respiratory …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The complexity of central breathing disturbances during sleep has become increasingly
obvious. They present as central sleep apnoeas (CSAs) and hypopnoeas, periodic breathing …

Sleep-related breathing disorder is an independent risk factor for systemic hypertension

L Grote, T Ploch, J Heitmann, L Knaack… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
The exact influence of sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) on blood pressure control
remains unknown. We investigated the influence of different degrees of SRBD on daytime …

Diabetes mellitus prevalence and control in sleep-disordered breathing: the European Sleep Apnea Cohort (ESADA) study

BD Kent, L Grote, S Ryan, JL Pepin, MR Bonsignore… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND OSA is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity. A
driver of this is metabolic dysfunction and in particular type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Prior …

Position paper on the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension: joint recommendations by the European Society of Hypertension, by the …

…, J Hedner, MR Bonsignore, L Grote… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
This article is aimed at addressing the current state of the art in epidemiology, pathophysiology,
diagnostic procedures and treatment options for appropriate management of obstructive …

A novel adaptive wrist actigraphy algorithm for sleep-wake assessment in sleep apnea patients

J Hedner, G Pillar, SD Pittman, D Zou, L Grote… - Sleep, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: Current actigraphic algorithms are relatively less accurate in detecting sleep
and wake in sleep apnea patients than in people without sleep apnea. In the current study…

Sleep-related breathing disorder is an independent risk factor for uncontrolled hypertension

L Grote, J Hedner, JH Peter - Journal of hypertension, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective To test the hypothesis that sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) is associated
with poor blood pressure control in hypertensive patients independent from confounding …