Sleep-Disordered Breathing Destabilizes Ventricular Repolarization.

Soroosh SolhjooMark C HaigneyTrishul SiddharthanAbigail KochNaresh M Punjabi

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

Prevalent and incident SDB are associated with ventricular repolarization instability, which predisposes to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Intermittent hypoxemia can destabilize ventricular repolarization and may mediate the increased mortality in SDB.

Keyphrases

heart failure
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