title: [Cardiac pacemaker implantation in unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea syndrome].
abstract: A cardiac pacemaker was implanted because of nocturnal sinus arrhythmia into a 53-year-old man with hypersomnia. After other patients had reported loud snoring and breathing pauses, which appeared to be dangerously long, polysomnography was performed. It indicated a marked obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome with an apnoea index of 55 and an average apnoea duration of 35 seconds. The nocturnal cardiac arrhythmias disappeared under continuous nasal raised pressure ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sieb
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bülau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frömming
mesh_terms: D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010092:Oximetry; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D015919:Ventilators, Negative-Pressure
vernacular_title: Herzschrittmacher-Implantation bei nicht-erkanntem obstruktivem Schlafapnoe-Syndrom.