Reference Material

There is a wide body of peer reviewed research available today that looks at the coronations between Cardiovascular Disease and Sleep Disordered Breathing. Every day, more articles are available from primary sources such as Circulation, Journal Sleep, The American Heart Association and others. Below is just a sampling of that research.

Literature

1. Bradley DT, Floras JS Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure Part I: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Circulation 2003;107:1671-1678

2. Bradley DT, Floras JS Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure Part II: Central Sleep Apnea Circulation 2003;107:1822-18261671-1678

3. Sin DD, Fitzgerald F, Parker JD, Newton G, Floras JS and Bradley DT Risk Factors for Central and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in 450 Men and Women with Congestive Heart Failure Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 160 pp 1101-1106, 1999

4. Javaheri S, Parker TJ, Liming JD, Corbet WS, Nishiyama H, Wexler L, Roselle GA Sleep Apnea in 81 Ambulatory Male Patients With Stable Heart Failure Types and their Prevalences, Consequences, and Presentations Circulation 1998; 97:2154-2159

5. Kaneko Y, Floras JS, Kengo U, Sui D, Plante J, Tkacova R, Toshihiko K, Ando S, Bradley DT Cardiovascular Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Patients with Heart Failure and Obstructive Sleep Apnea N Engl J Med 2003;348:1233-41

6. Peker Y, Hedner J, Johansson A, Bende M Reduced Hospitalization with Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients on Nasal CPAP Treatment Sleep 1997 20(8):645-653

7. Lanfranchi PA, Somers VK, Braghiroli A, Corra U, Eleutri E, Giannuzzi P Central Sleep Apnea in Left Ventricular Dysfunction Prevalence and Implications for Arrhythmic Risk Circulation 200; 107:727-732

8. Narkiewicz K, Montano N, Cogliati C, deBorne P, Dyken ME, Somers VK Altered Cardiovascular Variability in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Circulation 1998;98:1071-1077

9. Shamsuzzaman AS, Winnicki M, Lanfranchi P, Wolk R, Kara T, Accurso V, Somers VK Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Circulation 2002:105:2462-2464

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11. Gami A., Howard, D, Olson, E., Somers, V. Day-Night Pattern of Sudden Death in Obstructive Sleep Apnea N Engl J Med 2005;352:1206-14

12. Hunt S, Abraham W., Chin M., Feldman A., et al ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult Circulation September 2005 e154-e202

13. Peppard P., Young T., Palta M., Skatrud J. Prospective Study of the Association Between Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Hypertension N Engl J Med 2000;342:1378-1384

14. Wexler, L., Javaheri, S. Sleep apnea is linked to heart failure, but does treatment improve outcome? Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 72:10:929-936