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Prevalence and Predictors of Arrhythmia in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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- Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Surrogate, Intermediate, and Functional Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- Night Terrors as Prodromal Symptom of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea-Induced Arrhythmia: A Case Report.Respirology case reports · 2026Article
- Multidiagnostic chest-worn patch to detect obstructive sleep apnea and cardiac arrhythmias.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Association between obstructive sleep apnea and arrhythmia and heart rate variability among hypertensive patients.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Investigate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and cardiac arrhythmia after CABG surgery.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Detection of Common Arrhythmias by the Watch-PAT: Expression of Electrical Arrhythmias by Pulse Recording.Nature and science of sleep · 2022Article
- Excessive Atrial Ectopic Activity Worsens Prognosis and Predicts the Type of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Frequent Premature Ventricular Contractions.Cardiology research · 2019Article
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Improves Heterogeneity of R-R intervals in a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2019Article
- Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Current cardiology reviews · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the prevalence and types of arrhythmias in Saudi OSA patients and to identify predictors of arrhythmia in this group of patients.
methodsThis case-control study included all patients who underwent level I attended overnight polysomnography between 2009 and 2012. Electrocardiographic data collected during sleep studies of patients with and without OSA were manually reviewed.
resultsThe study comprised 498 patients (394 OSA patients and 104 non-OSA patients (controls). The prevalence of arrhythmia in OSA patients was higher than that in the controls (26.9% vs. 11.5%; p=0.001). Comparing OSA patients and controls showed: premature atrial contraction (10.2%vs.2.9%;p=0.019), premature ventricular contraction (PVC) (19.3%vs.9.6%;p=0.02), non-isolated PVC (bi/tri/qua) 10.8%vs.2.3%;p=0.04) and atrial fibrillation (1.6%vs.0%;p=0.001). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that, patients with OSA had twice the odds of having any cardiac arrhythmia (OR 1.91; CI 95% 1.27-3.11; p <0.05).
conclusionsPatients with OSA had a higher prevalence of arrhythmia compared to controls, and OSA is a predictor of arrhythmia during sleep.
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