Sleep apnoea and nocturnal angina.
Hypoxaemia occurs with sleep apnoea and might induce nocturnal angina. Sleep apnoea was found in 9 of 10 patients with nocturnal angina pectoris. Nocturnal angina diminished during treatment of sleep apnoea by continuous positive airway-pressure, and the number of nocturnal myocardial ischaemic events measured by computerised vector-cardiography was reduced.
Franklin
K A
KA
Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergology, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umeå.
Nilsson
J B
JB
Sahlin
C
C
Näslund
U
U
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology