ArticleArrhythmia & electrophysiology review2015
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Atrial Fibrillation.
Article in Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- National Heart Center/Saudi Heart Association 2025 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention and Risk Assessment.Saudi medical journal · 2026Guideline
- Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Sleep Fragmentation in Relation to Atrial Fibrillation Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Arrhythmia: A Narrative Review of Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Sleep Apnea and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Diurnal Patterning of Autonomic Dysfunction and Influence of CPAP Therapy.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Article
- Electrocardiographic Alterations in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prevalence and Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- A Predictive Model and Scoring System for All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Combined With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Prediction model and scoring system for the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a retrospective case-control study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Exploring the bidirectional relationship between sleep disorders and atrial fibrillation: implications for risk stratification and management.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2024Review
- Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Features and Screening Diagnostic Options.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Review
- Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Automatic Heart Rate Detection during Sleep Using Tracheal Audio Recordings from Wireless Acoustic Sensor.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Vagal milieu or electrophysiologic substrate? The link between atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2022Review
- Genetic and non-genetic risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation.Life sciences · 2022Review
- Impact of nocturnal hypoxemia on the recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.Heart and vessels · 2022Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: insights from a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.BMC medical genomics · 2022Article
- Obstructive sleep apnoea and atrial fibrillation: a key omission in guidelines.The British journal of cardiology · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is common among patients with AF. Growing evidence suggests that OSA is associated with the initiation and maintenance of AF. This association is independent of obesity, body mass index and hypertension. OSA not only promotes initiation of AF but also has a significant negative impact on the treatment of AF. Patients with untreated OSA have a higher AF recurrence rate with drug therapy, electrical cardioversion and catheter ablation. Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been shown to improve AF control in patients with OSA. In this article, we will review and discuss the pathophysiological mechanisms of OSA that may predispose OSA patients to AF as well as the standard and emerging therapies for patients with both OSA and AF.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.