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Triggering of Nocturnal Arrhythmias by Sleep-Disordered Breathing Events
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Objectives This study sought to evaluate respiratory disturbances as potential triggers for arrhythmia in those with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Background SDB is associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) as well as a predilection for sudden cardiac death during nocturnal sleeping hours. However, prior research has not established whether respiratory disturbances operate as triggers for nocturnal arrhythmias. Methods Overnight polysomnograms (PSGs) from the Sleep Heart Health Study (n = 2816) were screened for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and NSVT. We used the case-crossover design to determine whether apneas and/or hypopneas are temporally associated with episodes of PAF or NSVT. For each arrhythmia, 3 periods of sinus rhythm were identified as control intervals. PSGs were examined for the presence of respiratory disturbances, oxygen desaturations, and cortical arousals within a 90-second hazard period preceding each arrhythmia or control period. Results Fifty-seven participants with a wide range of SDB contributed 62 arrhythmias (76% NSVT). The odds of an arrhythmia following a respiratory disturbance were nearly 18-times (OR 17.5; 95% CI 5.3–58.4) the odds of an arrhythmia occurring following normal breathing. The absolute rate of arrhythmia associated with respiratory disturbances was low (1 excess arrhythmia/40000 respiratory disturbances). Neither hypoxia nor EEG-defined arousals alone increased arrhythmia risk. Conclusions Although the absolute arrhythmia rate is low, the relative risk of PAF and NSVT during sleep is markedly increased shortly after a respiratory disturbance. These results support a direct temporal link between SDB events and the development of these arrhythmias.
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“In the SHHS, paroxysmal AF events were markedly more likely to occur during the 90 s following an obstructive apnea or hypopnea than during periods without obstructive events (OR 17.9, 95% CI 2.2–144.2).733”
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“The cornerstone for the diagnosis of sleep apnea is polysomnography, during which a variety of cardiac arrhythmias (AV block, sinus pauses, NSVT, and paroxysmal AF) can be detected (Monahan et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- Monahan, K., Storfer-Isser, A., Mehra, R., Shahar, E., Mittleman, M., Rottman, J., Punjabi, N., Sanders, M., Quan, S. F., Resnick, H., & Redline, S.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Redline, Susan
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-11
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 1797-1804
- ISSN
- 0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2814244
- OpenAlex
- W2082609215
- Semantic Scholar
- c4a2a398ec4e6a7e4250183fb47f83cf5fbf3ddd
- Cited by
- 291
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 12.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
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- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5u01hl053940-05, 5u01hl053934-14)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U01 HL 53940, U01HL53938, U01HL053941, R01HL075078, U01HL053938, U01 HL53934, U01HL053937, U01 HL 53941, U01 HL53916, U01HL053931, U01 HL 63429, U01HL064360, U01HL053916, U01 HL53931, R01HL086862, U01HL077813, U01HL063463, U01HL063429, U01-HL-053934, U01HL63463, U01-HL53937)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Keywords
- sleep-disordered breathing, nocturnal arrhythmia, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, apnea, hypopnea, arrhythmia triggers, oxygen desaturation, arousal, sudden cardiac death, Sleep Heart Health Study
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Electrocardiography, Female, Humans, Male, Mathematical Computing, Middle Aged, Obesity, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Polysomnography, Risk Assessment, Cross-Over Studies
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