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Cardiac rhythm disturbances and ST-segment depression episodes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and its mechanisms.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15653957     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To compare the frequency of daytime and nocturnal cardiac arrhythmias and ST-segment depression episodes among patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), snoring subjects, and healthy subjects, and to analyze the relationship between the cardiac disturbances, sleep characteristics, and sympathetic tone in patients with OSAHS. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS: Twenty-one consecutive patients with OSAHS, 12 snorers without hypersomnolence, and 15 healthy subjects were selected. Polysomnography, 24-h Holter ECG recording, and urinary catecholamine determination were simultaneously performed on all subjects. RESULTS: Patients with OSAHS had more daytime and nocturnal episodes of sinus and supraventricular arrhythmias and couplets than the snoring and control groups. Moreover, nocturnal ST-segment depression episodes were more frequent in the OSAHS group than in control subjects (0.565 +/- 0.826/h vs 0 +/- 0/h [mean +/- SD]). In patients with OSAHS, arousal index and daytime epinephrine levels were related to daytime and nocturnal ST-segment depression episodes, whereas minimum arterial oxygen saturation was related to nocturnal sinus bradycardia and supraventricular tachycardia. Epinephrine and norepinephrine urinary concentrations correlated with sinus and supraventricular arrhythmias. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with OSAHS have a higher frequency of cardiac rhythm disturbances and ST-segment depression episodes than snoring and control subjects. Moreover, ST-segment changes are related to sympathetic tone and sleep fragmentation, whereas most of the rhythm disturbances in patients with OSAHS are associated with sleep fragmentation, nocturnal hypoxemia, and sympathetic tone.
Authors:
Alberto Alonso-Fernández; Francisco García-Río; Miguel A Racionero; José M Pino; Fernando Ortuño; Isabel Martínez; José Villamor
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chest     Volume:  127     ISSN:  0012-3692     ISO Abbreviation:  Chest     Publication Date:  2005 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-01-17     Completed Date:  2005-02-22     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0231335     Medline TA:  Chest     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  15-22     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Servicios de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Spain. aaf_97@hotmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Arousal
Arrhythmia, Sinus / epidemiology
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / blood,  epidemiology*
Blood Pressure
Catecholamines / blood
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polysomnography
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / blood,  epidemiology*
Snoring / epidemiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Catecholamines
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Comment In:
Chest. 2005 Jan;127(1):1-3   [PMID:  15653950 ]

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