Obstructive sleep apnea in patients with congenital long QT syndrome: Implications for increased risk of sudden cardiac death

Sleep

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1113-1119

  Shamsuzzaman, Abu S ^a,b,c   Somers, Virend K ^c   Knilans, Timothy K ^b   Ackerman, Michael J ^c   Wang, Yu ^a   Amin, Raouf S ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Long QT syndrome; Sleep apnea; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONG QT SYNDROME 1; LONG QT SYNDROME 2; LONG QT SYNDROME 3; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; QTC INTERVAL; R WAVE; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE; ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; AROUSAL; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84938075260     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4824     Document Type: Article

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