Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure: Review of Prevalence, Treatment with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, and Prognosis

2018/06/01 by Himad Khattak, Faisal Hayat, Salpy V. Pamboukian +3 · 1 citation
Medicine · Neuroscience · #Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research #Tracheal and airway disorders #Neuroscience of respiration and sleep #Medicine #Heart failure #Continuous positive airway pressure #Obstructive sleep apnea #Cardiology #Ejection fraction #Internal medicine #Positive airway pressure #Sleep apnea #Coronary artery disease #Central sleep apnea #Apnea #Blood pressure #Polysomnography

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Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder that has a major impact on cardiovascular function. It has been associated with hypertension, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure. This review focuses on the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and heart failure with either reduced or preserved ejection fraction. We discuss the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea, as well as its prevalence, treatment outcomes with continuous positive airway pressure, and prognosis in these 2 distinct types of heart failure. We also identify areas in which further work is needed to improve our understanding of this association in heart failure patients.

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