Severe bradyarrhythmias in patients with sleep apnoea: the effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment. A long-term evaluation using an insertable loop recorder

In this new era of insertable loop recorders, we studied obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) patients in order to evaluate their arrhythmias and the beneficial effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure treatment (CPAP), over a long-term period. We enrolled 23 patients (16 men, 50...

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Published in:European heart journal 2004-06, Vol.25 (12), p.1070-1076
Main Authors: SIMANTIRAKIS, Emmanuel N, SCHIZA, Sophia I, MARKETOU, Mary E, CHRYSOSTOMAKIS, Stavros I, CHLOUVERAKIS, Gregory I, KLAPSINOS, Nick C, SIAFAKAS, Nikolas S, VARDAS, Panos E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Bradycardia - etiology
Bradycardia - therapy
Cardiac dysrhythmias
Cardiology. Vascular system
Continuous positive airway pressure
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Female
Heart
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Polysomnography - methods
Positive-Pressure Respiration - methods
Prospective Studies
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - complications
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - therapy
Statistics, Nonparametric
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Summary:In this new era of insertable loop recorders, we studied obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) patients in order to evaluate their arrhythmias and the beneficial effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure treatment (CPAP), over a long-term period. We enrolled 23 patients (16 men, 50 +/- 11 years) with moderate and severe OSAHS. In all patients, an insertable loop recorder capable of monitoring the heart rhythm for 16 months was implanted. Cardiac pauses >3 s and bradycardic episodes
ISSN:0195-668X
1522-9645
DOI:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.04.017