Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease.
Obstructive sleep apnea is a highly prevalent disease that often goes undetected for many years before diagnosis. Although most patients seek treatment to improve symptoms of daytime sleepiness, a growing body of literature suggests that treatment may also modulate cardiovascular risk. This article summarizes the current literature regarding the associations between sleep-disordered breathing and adverse cardiovascular outcomes and reviews the lesser body of data demonstrating the cardiovascular benefits of therapy.
Green
David E
DE
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365 Clifton Road Northeast, Building A-4, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Schulman
David A
DA