[Night cardiac rhythm and conduction disturbances revealing obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome].
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.
Giquello
J-A
JA
Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49100 Angers, France.
Jeanneteau
J
J
Treguer
F
F
Soltner
C
C
Granry
J-C
JC
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