Night-time bradyarrhythmia in a patient with mild obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is reversed with CPAP treatment

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-457

  Dziewas, Rainer ^a   Imai, Tanya ^a   Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Humpert, Marius ^a   Hopmann, Benjamin ^a   Böntert, Matthias ^a   Lüdemann, Peter ^a   Young, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; CPAP; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 33751108518     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.26663     Document Type: Article

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