Obstructive sleep apnea and Atrial fibrillation: Pathophysiology and implications for treatment

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 81-85

  Maan, Abhishek ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a   Anter, Elad ^b   Patel, Vickas V ^c   Cheng, Alan ^d   Refaat, Marwan M ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; CARDIOVERSION; COMPLICATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84946058116     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000044     Document Type: Review

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