Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated that severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) itself impairs directly left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. Meanwhile, left atrial (LA) volume index which is an independent predictor of future cardiovascular events is related to the OSA severity. Thus, the...
Severe obstructive sleep apnea may interfere with blood pressure (BP)–lowering treatment in patients at high cardiovascular disease risk or with established cardiovascular disease, results of a multicenter clinical trial suggest. Doctors should consider that severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be t...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is linked to an increased mortality rate. However, the severity of individual obstruction events is rarely considered quantitatively in clinical practice. We hypothesized that OSA with especially severe obstruction events would predispose a patient to greater health risks ...
Case presentation of a 20-year old morbidly obese female with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hypothyroidism diagnosed with a lingual thyroid measuring 4 脳 4.5 脳 3.4 cm, treated with long-term flap tracheotomy and transoral laser microsurgical excision. Lingual thyroids have the potential to ...
This clinical report describes a 3.5-year-old boy suffering from chronic daytime fatigue, accumulated snoring and dramatically appearing apnea during sleep. Oxycardiorespirography revealed a breathing pattern similar to repetitive obstructive apnea and an oxygen saturation periodically dropping to 80&percnt...
Case presentation of a 20-year old morbidly obese female with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hypothyroidism diagnosed with a lingual thyroid measuring 4 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm, treated with long-term flap tracheotomy and transoral laser microsurgical excision. Lingual thyroids have the ...
2Department of Molecular Imaging, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia, 3Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is more prevalent in dementia patients than in the general population, and OSA increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's Diseas...
The impact of sleep-related breathing disorders on the incidence of arterial hypertension (AHT) in the older adults is not well-established. The aim of our study was to test the link between severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the occurrence of hypertension in older subjects after 3years...
Vasiliki Varlami1, Michail Miligkos2, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis1 and Athanasios G. Kaditis1,2 Background: Conflicting data suggest that prevalence of monosymptomatic primary nocturnal enuresis (NE) increases with increasing severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in childhood and especi...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is known to be a risk factor of coronary artery disease. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), as a critical factor for monocyte infiltration, is known to play a role in the development of atherosclerosis. This study aimed to investigate the effect of ...