Publication Date
6-1-2018
Journal
The Texas Heart Journal
DOI
10.14503/THIJ-15-5678
PMID
30072851
Publication Date(s)
June 2018
Language
English
PMCID
PMC6059510
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
6-1-2018
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-Print
Published Open-Access
yes
Keywords
Continuous positive airway pressure/methods, heart diseases/epidemiology/etiology, heart failure/complications/therapy, prevalence, risk factors, sleep apnea syndromes/classification/physiopathology, sleep apnea, obstructive/complications/prevention & control/therapy, treatment outcome, ventricular function
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder that has a major impact on cardiovascular function. It has been associated with hypertension, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure. This review focuses on the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and heart failure with either reduced or preserved ejection fraction. We discuss the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea, as well as its prevalence, treatment outcomes with continuous positive airway pressure, and prognosis in these 2 distinct types of heart failure. We also identify areas in which further work is needed to improve our understanding of this association in heart failure patients.