The present document has been conceived as the European update to the American
College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/ESC 2006 Guidelines for …

A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly
recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …

Background Sleep-disordered breathing is a common condition associated with adverse
health outcomes including hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The overall objective …

Background The effect of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea as a cardiovascular risk
factor and the potential protective effect of its treatment with continuous positive airway …

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common disorder in which repetitive apnoeas expose
the cardiovascular system to cycles of hypoxia, exaggerated negative intrathoracic pressure …

Background The risk of sudden death from cardiac causes in the general population peaks
from 6 am to noon and has a nadir from midnight to 6 am Obstructive sleep apnea is highly …

Background To our knowledge, the association between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)
and hypertension has not been evaluated in subjects from the general population with a …

Cardiovascular mortality was prospectively investigated in consecutive coronary artery
disease (CAD) patients with versus without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during a follow …

During 1976–1988 we diagnosed sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in 1,620 adult men and
women monitored in the Technion sleep laboratories. Their age at the time of diagnosis …

To assess the available evidence for a causal role of driver sleepiness in car crashes or car
crash injury, and to quantify the effect, a systematic review of the international literature was …