TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep Apnea Testing and Management in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
T2 - Why is it So Difficult?
AU - Desteghe, Lien
AU - Linz, Dominik
AU - Hendriks, Jeroen M.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Sleep apnea (SA) is highly prevalent in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), partially because of the global obesity epidemic. The results of multiple basic science and mechanistic clinical studies form a solid basis for a plausible pathophysiological link between SA and AF.1 Randomized controlled clinical studies are lacking, but in a meta-analysis of 7 prospective cohort studies comprising 1087 patients, treatment of SA by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was associated with 40% reduction of AF recurrence after electrical cardioversion or catheter ablation.2
AB - Sleep apnea (SA) is highly prevalent in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), partially because of the global obesity epidemic. The results of multiple basic science and mechanistic clinical studies form a solid basis for a plausible pathophysiological link between SA and AF.1 Randomized controlled clinical studies are lacking, but in a meta-analysis of 7 prospective cohort studies comprising 1087 patients, treatment of SA by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was associated with 40% reduction of AF recurrence after electrical cardioversion or catheter ablation.2
KW - Sleep apnea (SA
KW - atrial fibrillation (AF)
KW - rhythm control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086620113&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000668
DO - 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000668
M3 - Article
C2 - 32541607
AN - SCOPUS:85086620113
VL - 35
SP - 324
EP - 326
JO - The Journal of cardiovascular nursing
JF - The Journal of cardiovascular nursing
SN - 1550-5049
IS - 4
ER -