Conclusion Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the most common life-
threatening and debilitating diseases in the industrialized world. However, the incidence …

Cardiovascular disease has been the leading cause of death since 1900 every year except
1918 (influenza epidemic), and approximately one-third of all deaths from cardiovascular …

A body of epidemiologic and clinical evidence dating back to the early 1960s establishes the
relationships between sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Individuals with …

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comment on" Continuous positive airway pressure for central sleep apnea and heart failure." …

Although obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease have common risk factors,
epidemiologic studies show that sleep apnea increases risks for cardiovascular disease …

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

Over the past few decades, sleep apnea has emerged as an important potential etiologic
factor in a broad range of cardiac and vascular diseases. These disease conditions include …

ContextObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been increasingly implicated in the initiation and
progression of cardiovascular diseases. ObjectiveTo systematically review the interactions …

Sleep apnea is highly prevalent in patients with cardiovascular disease. These disordered
breathing events are associated with a profile of perturbations that include intermittent …

Sleep-related breathing disorders, ranging from habitual snoring to the increased upper
airway resistance syndrome to sleep apnea, are now recognized as major health problems …