Prognostic Impact of Sleep Apnea and Its Treatment in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure – 6-Year Follow-Up from a Sleep Clinic Sample.

Arzt, Michael; Král, Michal; Sebah, Daniela; Obermeier, R; Braune, Astrid; Schulz, M; Montalvan, Sylvia; Riegger, GA; Pfeifer, Michael

doi:10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2009.179.1_meetingabstracts.a5342

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“…OSA is recognized as an independent risk factor for hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, and motor vehicle crashes [3][4][5][6]. More recently, severe OSA has been identified as a risk factor for chronic heart failure [7], atrial fibrillation, and ventricular extrasystoles [8].…”

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Sleep apnea syndrome in a young cosmopolite urban adult population: risk factors for disease severity

2010

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In patients aged <40 years and suffering from OSA, disease severity was associated with high BMI, large neck circumference, male sex, and African origin. After adjustment for BMI, African origin, tobacco use, and neck circumference remained predictors of high AHI. Neither upper airway abnormalities nor co-morbidities were found to be a risk factor for higher AHI in this group of young patients from a European city.

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