Relationship of heart rate variability to sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea with and without heart failure

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-276

  Taranto Montemurro, Luigi ^a,b   Floras, John S ^c,d   Picton, Peter ^c   Kasai, Takatoshi ^a,b   Alshaer, Hisham ^a,b   Gabriel, Joseph M ^a,b   Bradley, T Douglas ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleepiness; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOMNOLENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84897146779     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3526     Document Type: Article

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