2016
The Association between Nocturnal Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The DREAM Study.
Selim BJ, Koo BB, Qin L, Jeon S, Won C, Redeker NS, Lampert RJ, Concato JP, Bravata DM, Ferguson J, Strohl K, Bennett A, Zinchuk A, Yaggi HK. The Association between Nocturnal Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The DREAM Study. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2016, 12: 829-37. PMID: 26951420, PMCID: PMC4877315, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5880.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSleep-disordered breathingNocturnal cardiac arrhythmiasIntraventricular conduction delayApnea-hypopnea indexCardiac arrhythmiasTwo-fold oddsModerate-severe sleep-disordered breathingSeverity of SDBSevere sleep-disordered breathingComplex ventricular ectopyMultiple cardiovascular comorbiditiesObstructive respiratory eventsClinic-based populationCross-sectional analysisCardiovascular comorbiditiesSDB patientsVentricular ectopySDB severityRespiratory eventsUnadjusted oddsSupraventricular tachycardiaCardiovascular diseaseArrhythmia subtypesArrhythmia riskConduction delay
2008
Rapid Eye Movement-Related Sleep-Disordered Breathing Influence of Age and Gender
Koo BB, Patel SR, Strohl K, Hoffstein V. Rapid Eye Movement-Related Sleep-Disordered Breathing Influence of Age and Gender. CHEST Journal 2008, 134: 1156-1161. PMID: 18812455, PMCID: PMC7448537, DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNREM AHIApnea-hypopnea indexSleep-disordered breathingREM apnea-hypopnea indexBody mass indexSDB prevalenceRapid eye movement (REM) sleepFace of obesityUniversity Sleep LaboratoryEye movement sleepRapid eye movementAge-dependent riseAge-related decreaseMass indexFemale sexBMI increaseMovement sleepRisk factorsFemale hormonesNREM sleepSleep laboratoryPrevalence decreasesBreathing influencesYoung womenWomen