American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Apr 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyCentral Sleep Disordered Breathing Predicts Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Older Males.
Although research supports a sleep-disordered breathing and atrial fibrillation association, prospective data examining sleep-disordered breathing predicting incident atrial fibrillation are lacking. ⋯ In older men, central apnea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration predicted increased atrial fibrillation risk, with findings being strongest in older participants in whom overall sleep-disordered breathing also increased atrial fibrillation risk.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Apr 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialLung Deflation and Cardiovascular Structure and Function in COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease develop increased cardiovascular morbidity with structural alterations. ⋯ Pharmacologic treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has consistent beneficial and plausible effects on cardiac function and pulmonary vasculature that may contribute to favorable effects of inhaled therapies. Future studies should investigate the effect of prolonged lung deflation on intrinsic myocardial function. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 01691885).