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8082584

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
36
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
The as yet unanswered question, whether patients with sleep apnoea and apnoea-associated bradyarrhythmias have a higher morbidity and mortality rate, was retrospectively investigated in 132 men with sleep apnoea (apnoea index > 10/h). Sleep-associated bradycardic arrhythmias were recorded in 71 (mean age 50.1 years; group 1). For comparison served 61 men with sleep apnoea but no bradyarrhythmias (mean age 51.4 years; group 2), matched for age and weight. There was no significant difference between the two groups as to diagnosis and initial findings on ergometry, lung function tests and blood gas analysis. The apnoea index of 48.1 +/- 23.9/h in group 1 was significantly higher than that of 31.9 +/- 20.1/h in group 2 (P < 0.001). During a follow-up period of a mean of 41.1 (19-66) months, two patients in group 1 died (of myocardial infarction), while one died (of bronchial carcinoma) in group 2 (follow-up period of 29.6 [18-54] months). The two deaths in group 1 were in a subgroup of 16 patients who had declined treatment or had used it irregularly. There was no death among those who had been treated (n = 54), by nasal continuous positive airway pressure, operation or pacemaker implantation. However, no causal relationship could be established from these data between increased mortality rate and apnoea-associated arrhythmias.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0012-0472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1187-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Morbidity and mortality in sleep apnea and nocturnal bradyarrhythmia].
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Poliklinik, Universität Marburg.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract