Atrial fibrillation in obstructive sleep apnea: Neural mechanisms and emerging therapies
B Huang, H Liu, BJ Scherlag, L Sun, S Xing… - Trends in cardiovascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reproducibly identified as a risk factor for initiation
and progression of atrial fibrillation (AF) and reduces the efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs,
electrical cardioversion, and catheter ablation in AF. It is still controversial whether
continuous positive airway pressure ventilation (CPAP) could improve the successful rate of
AF treatment in OSA patients. Besides, CPAP has shown relative low compliance in patients
with OSA. Therefore, novel optional therapies might be needed to improve the control of AF …
and progression of atrial fibrillation (AF) and reduces the efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs,
electrical cardioversion, and catheter ablation in AF. It is still controversial whether
continuous positive airway pressure ventilation (CPAP) could improve the successful rate of
AF treatment in OSA patients. Besides, CPAP has shown relative low compliance in patients
with OSA. Therefore, novel optional therapies might be needed to improve the control of AF …