Affiliation:
1. Tyumen Cardiology Research Center, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The problem of association between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and cardiac pathology, namely, atrial fi brillation (AF) is quite relevant and multifaceted. This review presents the epidemiological aspects of OSAS and AF, discusses the main concepts of atrial arrhythmogenesis in OSAS, and describes the capabilities of diagnostic tools for searching for OSAS in the context of routine cardiological practice.
Publisher
Cardiology Research Institute
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Medicine (miscellaneous),Internal Medicine