Cardiac Arrhythmias during Sleep
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Humans spend approximately one third of their lives asleep. Although generally considered to be a peaceful, stable period for the body and mind to rest and heal, sleep in fact represents a complex, dynamic process involving dramatic changes in physiological state. Sleep-related cardiac arrhythmias are very common and often diagnosed incidentally on Holter monitor; the vast majority are benign but, nevertheless, up to 15% of sudden arrhythmic deaths occur during sleep and therefore an understanding of normal and abnormal findings is essential.
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