Severity of obstructive sleep apnea and extension of coronary artery disease.

Silveria J Rivera-PérezDenis MartinezGustavo Neves de AraujoSandro C GoncalvesLaura K LazzarettiRodrigo V WainsteinMarco V WainsteinJorge P Ribeiro

Published in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2018)

In patients undergoing coronary angiography due to suspected CAD, moderate-severe OSA was associated with the presence of CAD but no significant correlation was found between the lesion severity and the AHI. Our results suggest that OSA influences CAD pathogenesis but a dose-response relationship is unlikely.

Keyphrases

coronary artery disease
obstructive sleep apnea
positive airway pressure
patients undergoing
percutaneous coronary intervention
cardiovascular events
coronary artery bypass grafting
sleep apnea
aortic stenosis
early onset
high intensity
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
left ventricular