...Wei-Hsiu Chang; Hsien-Chang Wu; Chou-Chin Lan; Yao-Kuang Wu; Mei-Chen Yang Background: Most patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are positional dependent. Although mild OSA worsens over time, no study has assessed the natural course of positional mild OSA. Objectives: The aim...

... pressure (CPAP) treatment in patients with resistant hypertension (RH) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (HIPARCO score). However, little is known regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. Objectives: The aim of the study was to perform a post hoc analysis to investigate the genes...

...Fernando Santamaria-Martos; Iván Benítez; Lucía Pinilla; Francisco Ortega; Andrea Zapater; Cristina Girón; Olga Mínguez; Silvia Gómez; Rafaela Vaca; Jose-Manuel Fernandez-Real; Ferran Barbé; Manuel Sánchez-de-la-Torre Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disease caused by repeated...

...Anneclaire V. Vroegop; Olivier M. Vanderveken; Johan A. Verbraecken Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a very common disorder with important day and nighttime symptoms and long-term effects on health. Different treatment modalities such as positive airway pressure (PAP), oral appliance therapy using...

... with aortic dissection and abdominal aneurysms suggest a causal link of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on aortic disease. Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of OSA in patients with TAA compared to a matched control group. Method: In this prospective parallel-cohort study, we 2-to-1...

...Georg Nilius; Maik Schroeder; Ulrike Domanski; Adam Tietze; Thorsten Schäfer; Karl-Josef Franke Background: The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is very high in stroke patients, whereas the acceptance of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is low. Although telemedicine offers new...

...Jan Benjamin Pietzsch; Ann-Kathrin Richter; Winfried Randerath; Armin Steffen; Shan Liu; Benjamin P. Geisler; Jürgen Wasem; Janine Biermann-Stallwitz Background: Upper airway stimulation (UAS) is a treatment approach for patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea who cannot adhere...

.... Obstructive sleep apnea Clinical phenotype Central sleep apnea Heart failure Sleep apnea Cardiovascular diseases About 2.4% of the US population suffers from chronic heart failure (CHF) and 1.6% of the population in the UK [ 1, 2 ]. In France, > 1,000,000 patients are currently treated...

...Uma Devaraj; Srinivas Rajagopala; Ajay Kumar; Priya Ramachandran; Philip J. Devereaux; George A. D'Souza Background: The prevalence of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during preoperative evaluation and the best method to screen OSA and its association with postoperative complications...

... with obstructive sleep apnea during treatment with fixed CPAP and C-Flex with 3 different pressure relief settings in a randomized order during rapid-eye-movement (REM) and non-REM sleep. Work of breathing was assessed on a breath-by-breath basis using a piezoelectric esophageal pressure catheter...

... to overnight photoplethysmographic pulse wave analysis, which includes risk assessment and measurement of various pulse wave characteristics, has been evaluated in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess if and which of the differentiated pulse wave characteristics...

...Macy Mei Sze Lui; Judith Choi Wo Mak; Agnes Yuen Kwan Lai; Christopher Kim Ming Hui; Jamie Chung Mei Lam; David Chi Leung Lam; Mary Sau Man Ip Background: Endothelial dysfunction has been recognized to occur in the context of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or tobacco smoking. However...

...Anna Bonanno; Loredana Riccobono; Maria Rosaria Bonsignore; Anna Lo Bue; Adriana Salvaggio; Giuseppe Insalaco; Oreste Marrone Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with nocturnal intermittent hypoxia, which may be responsible for increased circulating levels of vascular...

...Wolfgang Galetke; Eleonore Nothofer; Christina Priegnitz; Norbert Anduleit; Winfried Randerath Background: Heated breathing tubes were developed to improve heated humidification in continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS...

...Olivier Contal; Jean Louis Pépin; Jean Christian Borel; Fabrice Espa; Stephen Perrig; Lise-Margrit Lücker; Dan Adler; Jean-Paul Janssens; Frederic Lador Coexisting central and obstructive sleep apnea is a challenging clinical situation. We report a case exhibiting an overnight shift from...

...Tae Kim; Chung Suk Lee; Sang Don Lee; Suk-Hoon Kang; Ji Won Han; Atul Malhotra; Ki Woong Kim; In-Young Yoon Background: Although the impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on cardiovascular risk is reasonably well established in middle-aged patients, the debate persists as to whether OSA also...

...Esther Helen Steveling; Christian F. Clarenbach; David Miedinger; Claudia Enz; Selina Dürr; Sabrina Maier; Noriane Sievi; Stefanie Zogg; Jörg D. Leuppi; Malcolm Kohler Background: The occurrence of both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in an individual...

...Lisa Ayers; Anne-Christin Stoewhas; Berne Ferry; John Stradling; Malcolm Kohler Background: Obstructive sleep apnea has been associated with impaired endothelial function; however, the mechanisms underlying this association are not completely understood. Cell-derived microparticles may provide...

...Malcolm Kohler; Alex Pitcher; Edward Blair; Peter Risby; Oliver Senn; Colin Forfar; Paul Wordsworth; John R. Stradling Background: Aortic dissection is a life-threatening manifestation of Marfan's syndrome. Preliminary evidence suggests that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with aortic...

... pressure (CPAP) therapy. Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare these treatment aspects between MAD and nasal CPAP (nCPAP) in a 1-year follow-up. Methods: Forty-three mild/moderate obstructive sleep apnea patients (52.2 ± 9.6 years) with a mean apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of 20.8 ± 9.9 events/h...