title: [Night cardiac rhythm and conduction disturbances revealing obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome].
abstract: There is a strong prevalence of sleep apnoea syndrome in general population. Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disturbances during sleep may complicate this syndrome. We report the case of a 73-year-old patient to whom the sleep apnoea syndrome was diagnosed after varied heart blocks during the sleep. A treatment by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) permitted to correct these conduction disturbances and to avoid pacemaker implantation.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49100 Angers, France.
authors.forename: J-A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Giquello
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeanneteau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Treguer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soltner
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Granry
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy