Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome and Cardiac Arrhythmia

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome

Oxidative stress and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.

RATIONALE Even though oxidative stress has been proposed as an underlying mechanism for the symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), little information is available on the effects of anti-oxidant treatment on their improvement. OBJECTIVES To observe the effects of anti-oxidant treatment on polysomnographic parameters and oxidative stress markers in OSAS patients. ...

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and genes.

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a complex disease entity strongly influenced by genetic factors, especially those that affect obesity and fat distribution, upper airway muscle tone, craniofacial morphology, ventilatory control and sleep, giving rise to the OSA phenotype. OSA can also be considered a metabolic syndrome which adversely affects multiple organ systems, especially the cardiovascul...

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and cardiovascular risk

Zamarrón et al. [1] report that obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with raised levels of markers of endothelial function. Moreover, some of these markers (intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1)) improved after nasal continuous positive airway pressure [1]. Some additional comments may be of interest. Metabolic syndrome (...