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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea & Diabetes 
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The Connection between OSA and Diabetes Findings announced by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF)

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea & Cardiovascular Disease (links)

 

Shamsuzzaman AS, Gersh BJ, Somers VK. Obstructive sleep apnea: implications for cardiac and vascular disease. JAMA 2003;290:1906-14.

Lattimore JD, Celermajer DS, Wilcox I. Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:1429-37.

Bradley TD, Floras JS. Sleep apnea and heart failure: Part I: obstructive sleep apnea. Circulation 2003;107:1671-8.

Peker Y, Hedner J, Norum J, Kraiczi H, Carlson J. Increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged men with obstructive sleep apnea: a 7-year follow-up. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;166:159-165.

Peppard PE, Young T, Palta M, Skatrud J. Prospective study of the association between sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension. NEJM 2000;342:1378-1384.

Lavie P, Herer P, Hoffstein V. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as a risk factor for hypertension: population study. BMJ 2000;320:479-82.

Nieto FJ, Young TB, Lind BK, Shahar E, et al.. Association of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep apnea, and hypertension in a large community-based study. JAMA 2000;283:1829-1836.

Bixler EO, Vgontzas AN, Lin HM, Ten Have T, Leiby BE, Vela-Bueno A, Kales A. Association of hypertension and sleep-disordered breathing. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:2289-95.

Sjostrom C, Lindberg E, Elmasry A, Hagg A, Svardsudd K, Janson C. Prevalence of sleep apnoea and snoring in hypertensive men: a population based study. Thorax 2002;57:602-7.

Logan AG, Perlikowski SM, Mente A, Tisler A, et al.High prevalence of unrecognized sleep apnoea in drug-resistant hypertension. J Hypertens 2001;19:2271-7.

Logan AG, Tkacova R, Perlikowski SM, Leung RS, et al.. Refractory hypertension and sleep apnoea: effect of CPAP on blood pressure and baroreflex. Eur Respir J 2003;21:241-7.

Becker HF, Jerrentrup A, Ploch T, Grote L,et al.. Effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Circulation 2003;107:68-73.

Pepperell JC, Ramdassingh-Dow S, Crosthwaite N, et. al.. Ambulatory blood pressure after therapeutic and subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised parallel trial. Lancet 2002;359:204-10.

Shahar E, Whitney CW, Redline S, Lee ET, et al. Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional results of the Sleep Heart Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:19-25.

Kaneko Y, Floras JS, Usui K, Plante J, et al.. Cardiovascular effects of continuous positive airway pressure in patients with heart hailure and obstructive sleep apnea. NEJM 2003;348:1233-1241.

Gami AS, Pressman G, Caples SM, Kanagala R, et al.. Association of atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea. Circulation 2004;110(4):364-7.

Ip MS, Tse HF, Lam B, Tsang KW, Lam WK. Endothelial function in obstructive sleep apnea and response to treatment. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004;169:348-53.

Ip MSM, Lam B, Chan LY, Zheng L, et al.. Circulating nitric oxide is suppressed in obstructive sleep apnea and is reversed by nasal continuous positive airway pressure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;162:2166–2171.

Shamsuzzaman AS, Winnicki M, Lanfranchi P, et al. Elevated C-reactive protein in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Circulation 2002;105:2462-4.

Dyugovskaya L, Lavie P, Lavie L. Increased adhesion molecules expression and production of reactive oxygen species in leukocytes of sleep apnea patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;165:934-9.

Marin JM, Carrizo SJ, Vicente E, Agusti AG. Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study. Lancet 2005;365(9464):1046-53.

Doherty LS, Kiely JL, Swan V, McNicholas WT.  Long-term effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy on cardiovascular outcomes in sleep apnea syndrome. Chest 2005;127(6):2076-84.

Lanfranchi PA, Braghiroli A, Bosimini E, et al.. Prognostic value of nocturnal Cheyne-Stokes respiration in chronic heart failure. Circulation 1999;99:1435-40.

Teschler H, Dohring J, Wang YM, Berthon-Jones M. Adaptive pressure support servo-ventilation: a novel treatment for Cheyne-Stokes respiration in heart failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;164:614-9

Pepperell JC, Maskell NA, Jones DR, Langford-Wiley BA, Crosthwaite N, Stradling JR, Davies RJ. A randomized controlled trial of adaptive ventilation for Cheyne-Stokes breathing in heart failure. J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;168:1109-14

Topfer V, El-Sebai M, Wessendorf TE, Moraidis I, Teschler H. [Adaptive servoventilation: effect on Cheyne-Stokes-Respiration and on quality of life ] Pneumologie 2004;58:28-32.

Schadlich S, Konigs I, Kalbitz F, Blankenburg T, Busse HJ, Schutte W. [Cardiac efficiency in patients with congestive heart failure and Cheyne-Stokes respiration in long-term treatment with adaptive servo ventilation (AutoSet CS)] Z Kardiol 2004;93:454-62

Philippe C; Stoica-Herman M; Drouot X; Raffestin B; Escourrou P; Hittinger L; Michel P-L; Rouault S; d'Ortho M-P. Compliance with and effectiveness of adaptive servoventilation versus continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of Cheyne-Stokes respiration in heart failure over a six month period. Heart 2006;92(3):337-42. 

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