The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation in special patient populations

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1337-1348

  Drew, Doran ^a   Qaddoura, Amro ^a   Baranchuk, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Congestive heart failure; Continuous positive airway pressure; Coronary artery bypass graft; Coronary artery disease; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pulmonary vein isolation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THORAX PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84911041683     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2014.969713     Document Type: Review

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