The Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Arrhythmias

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by intermittent episodes of partial or complete closure of the upper airway, leading to apneic episodes while the patient is asleep. Atrial fibrillation (AF) leads to more than 750,000 hospitalizations per year and accounts for an estimated 130,000 deaths each...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2019-04, Vol.11 (4), p.e4429
Main Authors: Patel, Avani R, Patel, Amar R, Singh, Shivank, Singh, Shantanu, Khawaja, Imran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac arrhythmia
Epidemiology
Heart rate
Hypertension
Hypotheses
Internal medicine
Medicine
Patients
Population
Pulmonology
Respiration
Sleep apnea
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Summary:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by intermittent episodes of partial or complete closure of the upper airway, leading to apneic episodes while the patient is asleep. Atrial fibrillation (AF) leads to more than 750,000 hospitalizations per year and accounts for an estimated 130,000 deaths each year. The death rate from AF as the primary or a contributing cause of death has been rising for more than two decades. The material reviewed in this paper focuses on the association between OSA and arrhythmias. It goes into the details of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and types of arrhythmias and the therapies seen in association with OSA.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.4429