Obstructive sleep apnoea and its cardiovascular consequences

TD Bradley, JS Floras - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common disorder in which repetitive apnoeas expose
the cardiovascular system to cycles of hypoxia, exaggerated negative intrathoracic pressure …

State of the science: promoting self-care in persons with heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

B Riegel, DK Moser, SD Anker, LJ Appel, SB Dunbar… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Self-care is advocated as a method of improving outcomes from heart failure (HF), the final
common pathway for several prevalent illnesses, including hypertension and coronary artery …

Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: a bidirectional relationship

T Kasai, JS Floras, TD Bradley - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Sleep apnea occurs in 5% to 10% of the general population, regardless of race and
ethnicity. 1 By contrast, in patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), its prevalence …

Sleep apnoea as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: current evidence, basic mechanisms and research priorities

WT McNicholas, MR Bonsignore… - European …, 2007 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Considerable evidence is available in support of an independent association between
obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and cardiovascular disease, which is …

Central sleep apnea: pathophysiology and treatment

DJ Eckert, AS Jordan, P Merchia, A Malhotra - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Central sleep apnea (CSA) is characterized by a lack of drive to breathe during sleep,
resulting in repetitive periods of insufficient ventilation and compromised gas exchange …

Suppression of central sleep apnea by continuous positive airway pressure and transplant-free survival in heart failure: a post hoc analysis of the Canadian …

M Arzt, JS Floras, AG Logan, RJ Kimoff, F Series… - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—In the main analysis of the Canadian Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
(CPAP) for Patients with Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) and Heart Failure Trial (CANPAP) …

Sleep apnea: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and relation to cardiovascular risk

G Parati, C Lombardi… - American Journal of …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Several studies have shown the occurrence of an independent association between
obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and cardiovascular disease, including arterial …

Central sleep apnea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration

D Yumino, TD Bradley - Proceedings of the American Thoracic …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Cheyne-Stokes respiration with central sleep apnea (CSR-CSA) is a form of periodic
breathing, commonly observed in patients with heart failure (HF), in which central apneas …

Sleep apnea testing and outcomes in a large cohort of Medicare beneficiaries with newly diagnosed heart failure

S Javaheri, EB Caref, E Chen, KB Tong… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Previous studies have demonstrated a high prevalence of sleep apnea (SA) in
patients with chronic heart failure (HF), which is associated with higher rates of morbidity …

The importance of sleep-disordered breathing in cardiovascular disease

D Linz, H Woehrle, T Bitter, H Fox, MR Cowie… - Clinical Research in …, 2015 - Springer
Obstructive sleep apnoea and central sleep apnoea/Cheyne-Stokes respiration are
collectively referred to as sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Rapidly accumulating evidence …