title: Response to the Letter of Dr. Tomoyuki Kawada, "Acute Myocardial Infarction and Sleep Apnea".
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University Hospital Brno and School of Medicine of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ondrej
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ludka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Olomouc and School of Medicine of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taborsky
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Fatima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sert-Kuniyoshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University Hospital Brno and School of Medicine of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jindrich
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spinar
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Virend K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Somers
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Olomouc and School of Medicine of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Electronic address: kara.tomas@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kara
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Day–night variation; Preconditioning; Prevalence; Sleep apnea