Cardiovascular Outcomes and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Overlap Syndrome).

Tetyana KendzerskaRichard S LeungShawn D AaronNajib AyasJacqueline S SandozAndrea S Gershon
Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2020)
In adults with suspected OSA, the co-occurrence of nocturnal hypoxemia and COPD was associated with an increased hazard of cardiovascular events and mortality with a synergistic effect found only in women.