Incidence of sleep apnea and association with atrial fibrillation in an unselected pacemaker population: Results of the observational RESPIRE study

Marti-Almor, Julio; Marques, Pedro; Jesel, Laurence; Garcia, Rodrigue; Di Girolamo, Enrico; Locati, Fabio; Defaye, Pascal; Venables, Paul; Dompnier, Antoine; Barcelo, Aina; Nägele, Herbert; Burri, Haran Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.09.001

Scientific article

English

Incidence of sleep apnea and association with atrial fibrillation in an unselected pacemaker population: Results of the observational RESPIRE study

ContributorsMarti-Almor, Julio; Marques, Pedro; Jesel, Laurence; Garcia, Rodrigue; Di Girolamo, Enrico; Locati, Fabio; Defaye, Pascal; Venables, Paul; Dompnier, Antoine; Barcelo, Aina; Nägele, Herbert; Burri, Haran Kumar

Published inHeart Rhythm, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 195-202

Publication date2020

Abstract

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) often have sleep apnea (SA), but diagnosis of SA with polysomnography is costly. SA monitoring is a pacemaker feature that measures respiratory disturbance index, the sum of abnormal respiratory events divided by sleep duration.

Keywords

Atrial fibrillation
Dual-chamber pacemaker
Respiratory disturbance index
Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea monitoring

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Citation (ISO format)

MARTI-ALMOR, Julio et al. Incidence of sleep apnea and association with atrial fibrillation in an unselected pacemaker population: Results of the observational RESPIRE study. In: Heart Rhythm, 2020, vol. 17, n° 2, p. 195–202. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.09.001