Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Mar 2011
Review[Sleep disordered breathing and cardiac arrhythmias: mechanisms, interactions, and clinical relevance].
In patients with cardiac disease growing interests have been centered on concomitant co-morbidities such as sleep disordered breathing (SDB). Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) as well as Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (CSR) have been recognized as relevant co-morbidities that are highly prevalent and associated with an impaired prognosis. ⋯ Sufficiently suppressing SDB by adequate therapies seems to ameliorate its arrhythmogenic impact. However, especially for CSR data from randomized, controlled trial are urgently awaited to definitely answer this question.