ReviewInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature2019
Nightly sleep apnea severity in patients with atrial fibrillation: Potential applications of long-term sleep apnea monitoring.
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Evaluating an Under-mattress Sleep Monitor Compared to a Peripheral Arterial Tonometry Home Sleep Apnea Test Device in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Assessment of Sleep Parameters Using Polygraphy in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Qualified for Pulmonary Vein Isolation - A Prospective Observational Study (AAHI Study)
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Article
- Modifiable Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Implications and Pathophysiological Insights.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2026Review
- Sex-based differences in obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: Implication of atrial fibrillation burden.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Article
- Recent highlights on the prevalence and role of sleep disordered breathing in cardiovascular diseases from theInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2023Article
- Sleeping Beauty unravelled - Detection of sleep apnoea in patients with atrial fibrillation.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2023Article
- Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in patients with mitral regurgitation and the effect of mitral valve repair.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2023Article
- High night-to-night variability in sleep apnea severity is associated with uncontrolled hypertension.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
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- Undiagnosed sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation: An underutilized opportunity for antiarrhythmic management.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2022Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Considerations for the Assessment of Substrates, Genetics and Risk Factors in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2021Review
- Highlights of the ERS Lung Science Conference and Sleep and Breathing Conference 2021 and the new ECMC members.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2021Article
- Personalized management of sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation: An interdisciplinary and translational challenge.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2021Article
- Sleep arousal burden is associated with long-term all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in 8001 community-dwelling older men and women.European heart journal · 2021Article
- Apnoea-hypopnoea indices determined via continuous positive airway pressure (AHI-CPAPBMJ open · 2021Article
- Obstructive respiratory events during procedural sedation and analgesia: Another WHY to routinely screen for sleep apnea before catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2021Article
- New and Emerging Approaches to Better Define Sleep Disruption and Its Consequences.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
- Screening for obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with atrial fibrillation: Much more than a screening tool alone.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2020Article
- Sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: Update 2020.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2020Article
- On-demand mobile health infrastructures to allow comprehensive remote atrial fibrillation and risk factor management through teleconsultation.Clinical cardiology · 2020Review
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Authors and funding
17 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the prevalence of moderate-to-severe sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) ranges between 21% and 72% and observational studies have demonstrated that SDB reduces the efficacy of rhythm control strategies, while treatment with continuous positive airway pressure lowers the rate of AF recurrence. Currently, the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour (apnea-hypopnea-index, AHI) determined during a single overnight sleep study is clinically used to assess the severity of SDB. However, recent studies suggest that SDB-severity in an individual patient is not stable over time but exhibits a considerable night-to-night variability which cannot be detected by only one overnight sleep assessment. Nightly SDB-severity assessment rather than the single-night diagnosis by one overnight sleep study may better reflect the exposure to SDB-related factors and yield a superior metric to determine SDB-severity in the management of AF. In this review we discuss mechanisms of night-to-night SDB variability, arrhythmogenic consequences of night-to-night SDB variability, strategies for longitudinal assessment of nightly SDB-severity and clinical implications for screening and management of SDB in AF patients.
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