background : sleep apnea is accompanied by some cardiovascular complications. it has even been hypothesized that sleep apnea, itself, can induce some of these complications. given such controversies, we assessed the left ventricular mass index (lvmi) and systolic pulmonary artery pressure in patients with sleep apnea. methods: through convenience sampling, 56 patients with the obstructive sleep...

background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is considered a common sleep disorder that increases the risk of traffic accidents among drivers. this study aimed to assess the association between mallampati score and stop-bang (snoring, tiredness, observed apnea, blood pressure, body mass index, age, neck circumference, gender) score in commercial drivers. materials and methods: 1743 m...

introduction: sleepiness may predispose drivers to road traffic accidents. obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is the most common medical cause of sleepiness. hence increased neck circumference (nc) and obesity are known as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome risk factors. this study was conducted to assess osas role in occurrence of road traffic accidents in sleeping drivers of commercial heavy vehi...

The proportion of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in the general adult population that goes undiagnosed was estimated from a sample of 4,925 employed adults. Questionnaire data on doctor-diagnosed sleep apnea were followed up to ascertain the prevalence of diagnosed sleep apnea. In-laboratory polysomnography on a subset of 1,090 participants was used to estimate screen-detected sleep apnea. In this ...

Obstructive sleep apnea is a very common disease and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cardiac arrhythmia, and stroke. Arterial stiffness is an emerging risk factor and may be involved in the cardiovascular complications of obstructive sleep apnea. The purpose of this review was to demonstrate the correlation between arterial stiffness and obstructive sleep apnea. ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Obstructive sleep apnea is a diagnosis that ophthalmologists can screen for when a patient presents with certain risk factors. Recent literature provides strong data for associations between sleep apnea and ocular disorders. RECENT FINDINGS A potentially serious disorder, sleep apnea can lead to many systemic and ocular complications. Recent findings provide data on the prev...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sleep apnea is a modifiable independent stroke risk factor and is associated with poor stroke outcomes. Mexican Americans have a higher incidence of stroke than non-Hispanic whites. In a biethnic community, we sought to determine the frequency of screening, testing, and treatment of sleep apnea among stroke survivors and to compare self-perceived risk of sleep apnea with ...

BACKGROUND Several studies have investigated the prevalence and risk factors of insomnia in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. However, few studies have investigated the prevalence and risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in insomnia sufferers. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and risk factors of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea syndr...

1. Review the clear relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension. 2. Discuss the cardiac consequences of sleep apnea, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, and different dysrhythmias. 3. Understand that sleep disorders beyond obstructive sleep apnea, such as insufficient sleep itself, may have an impact on the cardiovascular system. 4. Appreciate the potential benefi...

Methods Sixty-four HF patients with New York Heart Association functional class II and III HF and ejection fraction !40% underwent a baseline sleep study. Five patients with no sleep apnea and 12 with severe sleep apnea underwent repeat sleep studies, during which blood was collected every 20 min for the measurement of BNP. Patients with severe sleep apnea also underwent a third sleep study wit...