Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea reduces the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 300-305

  Fein, Adam S ^a   Shvilkin, Alexei ^a   Shah, Dhaval ^a   Haffajee, Charles I ^a   Das, Saumya ^a   Kumar, Kapil ^a   Kramer, Daniel B ^a   Zimetbaum, Peter J ^a   Buxton, Alfred E ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a   Anter, Elad ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; continuous positive airway pressure; obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AAD; ABLATION; AF; ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CPAP; LAD; LEFT ATRIAL DIMENSION; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; OSA; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PVI;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880283350     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.052     Document Type: Article

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