The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among selected endogenous factors
and sleep patterns during hospitalization in patients with cardiac disease. Participants …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by recurrent complete and partial upper
airway obstructive events, resulting in intermittent hypoxemia, autonomic fluctuation, and …

The evidence for a role of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in cardiovascular disease
(CVD) is inconclusive and limited to clinic-based studies or population-based studies using …

The study of sleep, which initially focused on the neurophysiological mechanisms and
cardiorespiratory function during the night, has shown the presence of sleep-related …

Heart failure is associated with high rates of hospitalization and mortality as well as great
economic burden in the United States. Recent data show that a high percentage of patients …

As I read Ho et al., 1 I was abruptly reminded of a dilemma that our field of sleep medicine
has failed to clarify: the relationship between the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and the …

Visual sleep scoring is the obligatory reference for sleep analysis. An essential step in sleep
scoring is sleep staging. This technique was first described in 1937 and later adapted 3 …

Sleep disorder specialists manage 90% of patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea,
which affects 10% of the general population. From another perspective, cardiovascular …

Experimental approaches directed at addressing these issues are limited by several
considerations. First, the close association between obesity and OSA often obscures …

Methods for assessment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), including sleep apnea, range
from a simple questionnaire to complex multichannel polysomnography. Inexpensive and …