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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2023

Continuous positive airway pressure therapy might be an effective strategy on reduction of atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: insights from the pooled studies.

Feng Li, Chang-Jian He, Chun-Hua Ding, Ru-Xing Wang, Hui Li

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Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Feng Li *Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Chang-Jian He *Department of Cardiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chun-Hua DingDepartment of Cardiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Ru-Xing WangDepartment of Cardiology, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Aerospace Center Hospital · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · CNSoochow University · CNWuxi People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent and modifiable risk factor in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the effective of the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on AF patients with OSA after ablation is elusive. Methods: Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were systematically searched up to February 1, 2023. Studies comprising the AF recurrence rate between the CPAP therapy group and non-CPAP therapy group for the AF patients with OSA were included. Meanwhile, trial sequential analysis (TSA) was conducted to adjust the lower statistical power and random error in this study. Subgroup analysis identified the potential determinants for the AF recurrence rate with CPAP therapy. Results: A total of eight studies including 1,231 AF patients with OSA were eligible. Compared with non-CPAP treatment group, CPAP treatment group was statistically associated with a lower AF recurrence rate (risk ratio [RR], 0.58; Conclusion: Our study suggests that CPAP therapy might be an effective strategy on reducing AF recurrence post-ablation for AF patients with OSA. The CPAP treatment strategy and the non-PAF proportion might be the possible determinants on AF recurrence for AF patients with OSA after ablation. Clinical trial registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023398588, identifier (CRD42023398588).

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ablationatrial fibrillationcontinuous positive airway pressureobstructive sleep apnearecurrence

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PMID38020619
PMCPMC10665895
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