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
2015
The Determining Risk of Vascular Events by Apnea Monitoring (DREAM) study: design, rationale, and methods
Koo BB, Won C, Selim BJ, Qin L, Jeon S, Redeker NS, Bravata DM, Strohl KP, Concato J, Zinchuk AV, Yaggi HK. The Determining Risk of Vascular Events by Apnea Monitoring (DREAM) study: design, rationale, and methods. Sleep And Breathing 2015, 20: 893-900. PMID: 26642771, DOI: 10.1007/s11325-015-1254-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular outcomesVascular eventsSleep architecturePrognostic modelRetrospective observational cohort studyMain primary outcomeMiddle-aged veteransTransient ischemic attackAcute coronary syndromeObservational cohort studyResultsThe study populationCongestive heart failureSleep-disordered breathingVA Patient Treatment FileVital Status filesPatient Treatment FileComputerized patient record systemVeterans Affairs centersPost-traumatic stress disorderIschemic attackCoronary syndromeCohort studySecondary outcomesComposite endpointGlycemic control
2010
Insomnia Symptoms and Daytime Function in Stable Heart Failure
Redeker NS, Jeon S, Muench U, Campbell D, Walsleben J, Rapoport DM. Insomnia Symptoms and Daytime Function in Stable Heart Failure. Sleep 2010, 33: 1210-1216. PMID: 20857868, PMCID: PMC2938862, DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.9.1210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable heart failureHeart failureInsomnia symptomsDaytime symptomsHF patientsHF disease management programStable chronic HF patientsMedical Outcomes Study SF-36Six-minute walk testPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexChronic HF patientsDemographic patient characteristicsEpworth Sleepiness ScaleSleep Quality IndexFunctional performanceDisease management programsPatient characteristicsWalk testExcessive daytimeSF-36Daytime functionFull polysomnographyFatigue ScaleDepression ScaleSleepiness Scale