Heart rate variability analysis in obstructive sleep apnea patients with daytime sleepiness.
Seren UcakHasthi U DissanayakePhilip de ChazalYu Sun BinKate SutherlandBianca SetionagoBenjamin K TongBrendon J YeeKristina KairaitisJohn R WheatleyAmanda J PiperPeter A Cistullinull nullPublished in: Sleep (2024)
This study shows a trend toward parasympathetic withdrawal in sleepy OSA patients, particularly in moderate-to-severe cases, lending mechanistic support to the link between the sleepy phenotype and CVD risk in OSA.