SynthesisJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2014
A systematic review of the association between obstructive sleep apnea and ventricular arrhythmias.
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- Effect of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2017Pooled it
- Short Sleep Duration, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Shiftwork, and the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients After an Acute Coronary Syndrome.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2017Trial
- Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: Risks, Mechanisms, Complications, and Management.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on arrhythmic risk in ischemic heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: insights from a large national cohort.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome Severity on Heart Rate Variability and QTc Interval in Hypertensive Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Altered ventricular repolarisation dynamic: the missing link between obstructive sleep apnoea and sudden death?ERJ open research · 2024Article
- The potential of clinical prediction model development from a change in cardiac repolarization and pulse oximetry data in patients with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea and temporal changes in cardiac repolarization in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: Where Do We Stand?Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2023Review
- Effects of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome on postoperative complications in patients who undergo off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular Complications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Intensive Care Unit and Beyond.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing Treatment on Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Heart Failure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Implanted Cardiac Devices at High Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- In-hospital Outcomes and Arrhythmia Burden in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2022Article
- Functional outcomes of sleep predict cardiovascular intermediary outcomes and all-cause mortality in patients on incident hemodialysis.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- The Influence of Obesity on the Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation.Sleep medicine research · 2021Article
- Cardiovascular Implications of Sleep Bruxism-A Systematic Review with Narrative Summary and Future Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Heart Disease and Preserved Systolic Function: Current Options for Risk Stratification.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Sleep Duration and Snoring at Midlife in Relation to Healthy Aging in Women 70 Years of Age or Older.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Simple Snoring and Sleep Bruxism: A Polysomnographic Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for sudden cardiac death. The aim of this review was to study the relationship between OSA and ventricular arrhythmias.
methodsPubMed, Medline, and Cochrane databases were searched with MESH headings to find studies linking OSA and ventricular arrhythmias including ventricular ectopy, ventricular tachycardia (VT), and ventricular fibrillation (VF). Studies were graded by a scoring system, and an attempt was made to pool data.
resultsThere were no matched cohort or case control studies to study the association between OSA and ventricular arrhythmias. Given data heterogeneity, pooling and meta-analysis of data were not possible. An attempt was made to judge the quality of evidence and present a systematic review. Patients with OSA were noted to have higher odds of ventricular ectopy, and were at a higher risk for ventricular arrhythmias. Associations included higher QTc dispersion and HR variability. We did not, however, find any clear evidence for a direct correlation between increased apnea hypopnea index and increased VT or VF.
conclusionsPooling and meta-analysis of studies linking OSA and ventricular arrhythmias were not possible due to heterogeneity of data. In a systemic review of studies, patients with OSA were noted to have higher odds of ventricular ectopy and arrhythmias. A single study showed that CPAP may help lower arrhythmogenicity; however, it was unclear if CPAP lowered the risk of VT. Further research should focus on studying the association of OSA and causes of sudden cardiac death, including ventricular arrhythmias.
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