AIM The “2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial
Fibrillation” provides recommendations to guide clinicians in the treatment of patients with …

The global prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has increased substantially over the past
three decades and is currently approximately 60 million cases. Incident AF and its clinical …

Background Evaluation and interpretation of the literature on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
allows for consolidation and determination of the key factors important for clinical …

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), characterized by specific underlying physiological
mechanisms, comprises obstructive and central pathophysiology, affects nearly 1 billion …

Rationale: Sleep apnea (SA) is highly prevalent in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), and
both conditions are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Objectives: To …

Stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is one pillar of the management of
this common arrhythmia. Substantial advances in the epidemiology and associated …

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea is an important and common disorder with associated
health risks. Assuring successful longitudinal management is vital to patient health and …

Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). Whether
treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces AF recurrence after …

Rationale: Nocturnal hypoxemia and sympathetic/parasympathetic imbalance might
contribute to the occurrence or atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea …

Background Observational studies report that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated
with an increasingly remodeled atrial substrate in atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the impact …