Pacemaker guided screening for severe sleep apnea, a possible option for patients with atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Martin Wyckmans Eldar Tukanov Robbe Winters Robin Stinissen Helene Vermeulen Paul Dendale Lien Desteghe

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2021)

At optimal pacemaker-cut-off, pacemaker-guided screening for severe SA in patients with AF can be an effective triage tool for clinical practice. Further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to strengthen the evidence for this conclusion.

Keyphrases

sleep apnea
vena cava
clinical practice
early onset
emergency department
positive airway pressure
obstructive sleep apnea
atrial fibrillation
pulmonary embolism