High prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-41

  Hoyer, Friedrich Felix ^a   Lickfett, Lars Martin ^a   Mittmann Braun, Erica ^a   Ruland, Charlotte ^a   Kreuz, Jens ^a   Pabst, Stefan ^a   Schrickel, Jan ^a   Juergens, Uwe ^a   Tasci, Selcuk ^b   Nickenig, Georg ^a   Skowasch, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polygraphy; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049462113     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9502-8     Document Type: Article

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