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Published on: December 6, 2016
Behaviour and time-course of sleep disordered breathing in patients with acute coronary syndromes
A BaHammam1, A Al-Mobeireek, M Al-Nozha
1Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine 38, College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia. ashammam@awalnet.net.sa
Abstract:
To our knowledge, no study has examined the persistence of sleep disordered breathing in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. We examined the time course of SDB in ACS patients by assessing them within days of the acute event and again after 6 months. Consecutive patients with ACS were asked to voluntarily participate in the study. Patients underwent an overnight polysomnography (PSG) approximately 3 days after the acute event. Patients with an apnea hypopnea index (AHI) > 10/h then underwent another PSG after they were stable (approximately 6 months). Fifty patients were studied. First PSG showed an AHI was 23.1 +/- 3.6/h. A second PSG was performed 6.1 +/- 0.3 months later on 21 patients and showed an AHI > 10/h in the first assessment. The AHI and the obstructive apnea index did not change over the 6 months. However, the central apnea index all was lower at the second assessment.
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