ArticlePulmonary medicine2013
Pathophysiologic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between atherogenic index of plasma and various metabolic conditions: an umbrella review on meta-analyses.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- The role of continuous positive airway pressure in blood pressure control for patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2015Pooled it
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- The association between sleep-disordered breathing and maternal endothelial and metabolic markers in pregnancies complicated by obesity.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Trial
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analytic Synthesis (PROSPERO CRD420251049574).Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Non-linear association between weight-adjusted-waist index and obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES (2005-2008 to 2015-2020).Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The effect of CPAP therapy on heart rate variability in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2023Article
- Potential Diagnostic and Monitoring Biomarkers of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Choroidal vascularity index in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Article
- The Assessment of Endothelial Dysfunction among OSA Patients after CPAP Treatment.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Is the Oxidative Stress in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Cardiovascular Complications?-Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Chronic intermittent hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnea: a narrative review from pathophysiological pathways to a precision clinical approach.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Review
- Sleep and Resistant Hypertension.Current hypertension reports · 2019Review
- Relationship Between Sleep Apnea and Coronary Artery Calcium in Patients With Ischemic Stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Affecting Platelet Reactivity in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.Chinese medical journal · 2018Article
- Fasudil improves endothelial dysfunction in rats exposed to chronic intermittent hypoxia through RhoA/ROCK/NFATc3 pathway.PloS one · 2018Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea: Is it a biomarker of metabolic health in obesity.Obesity medicine · 2017Article
- Pulmonary hypertension and echocardiogram parameters in obstructive sleep apnea.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Article
- Significance of vaspin in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2016Article
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - the heart of the matter.World journal of hepatology · 2015Review
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a highly prevalent sleep disorder, characterized by repeated disruptions of breathing during sleep. This disease has many potential consequences including excessive daytime sleepiness, neurocognitive deterioration, endocrinologic and metabolic effects, and decreased quality of life. Patients with OSAS experience repetitive episodes of hypoxia and reoxygenation during transient cessation of breathing that provoke systemic effects. Furthermore, there may be increased levels of biomarkers linked to endocrine-metabolic and cardiovascular alterations. Epidemiological studies have identified OSAS as an independent comorbid factor in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and physiopathological links may exist with onset and progression of heart failure. In addition, OSAS is associated with other disorders and comorbidities which worsen cardiovascular consequences, such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is an emerging public health problem that represents a constellation of cardiovascular risk factors. Both OSAS and metabolic syndrome may exert negative synergistic effects on the cardiovascular system through multiple mechanisms (e.g., hypoxemia, sleep disruption, activation of the sympathetic nervous system, and inflammatory activation). It has been found that CPAP therapy for OSAS provides an objective improvement in symptoms and cardiac function, decreases cardiovascular risk, improves insulin sensitivity, and normalises biomarkers. OSAS contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease independently and by interaction with comorbidities. The present review focuses on indirect and direct evidence regarding mechanisms implicated in cardiovascular disease among OSAS patients.
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