Watch-PAT is Useful in the Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Early diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is critical. The WatchPAT (WP) device was shown to be accurate for the diagnosis of sleep apnea; however, studies using the WatchPAT device have thus far excluded patients with arrhythmias due to the potential eff...

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Published in:Nature and science of sleep 2020-01, Vol.12, p.1115-1121
Main Authors: Tauman, Riva, Berall, Murray, Berry, Richard, Etzioni, Tamar, Shrater, Noam, Hwang, Dennis, Marai, Ibrahim, Manthena, Prasanth, Rama, Anil, Spiegel, Rebecca, Penzel, Thomas, Koren Morag, Nira, Pillar, Giora
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Language:English
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Agreements
Analysis
Atrial fibrillation
Cardiac arrhythmia
Care and treatment
me sleep apnea test
Mortality
obstructive sleep apnea
Original Research
Oxygen saturation
Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea syndromes
watch pat
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Summary:Early diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is critical. The WatchPAT (WP) device was shown to be accurate for the diagnosis of sleep apnea; however, studies using the WatchPAT device have thus far excluded patients with arrhythmias due to the potential effect of arrhythmias on the peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) amplitude and pulse rate changes. To examine the accuracy of the WP in detecting sleep apnea in patients with AF. Patients with AF underwent simultaneous WP and PSG studies in 11 sleep centers. PSG scoring was blinded to the automatically analyzed WP data. A total of 101 patients with AF (70 males) were recruited. Forty-six had AF episodes during the overnight sleep study. A significant correlation was found between the PSG-derived AHI and the WP- derived AHI (r=0.80, p
ISSN:1179-1608
1179-1608
DOI:10.2147/NSS.S278752