Association between respiration-synchronized hypoglossal nerve stimulation and changes in sleep apnea-specific hypoxic burden in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Dorine Van Loo, Marijke Dieltjens, Johan Verbraecken, Ali Azarbarzin, Sara Op de Beeck, Olivier M Vanderveken

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Article in Sleep, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Dorine Van LooTranslational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0003-8578-3330

Marijke DieltjensTranslational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.

Johan VerbraeckenMultidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Centre, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.

Ali AzarbarzinDivision of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4986-4753

Sara Op de BeeckTranslational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5978-9814

Olivier M VandervekenTranslational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.

Funding

American Academy of Sleep MedicineAmerican Heart AssociationNIH HHSResearch Foundation Flanders 1247325NSenior Clinical Investigator Fellowship from the Research Foundation in Flanders 1833517N

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hypoglossal nerve stimulationobstructive sleep apneasleep apnea-specific hypoxic burdensleep-disordered breathing

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PMID41732804

DOI10.1093/sleep/zsag049

PMCPMC13163173

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