Obstructive sleep apnea and electrocardiographic P-wave morphology.

Publication/Presentation Date

7-1-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent sleep disorder with important cardiovascular implications. Left atrial abnormality can be identified by electrocardiographic P-wave morphology and is considered an important risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke, both of which have been associated with OSA. We hypothesized that severity of OSA would be associated with more abnormal electrocardiographic P-wave morphology as indicated by P-wave terminal force in V

METHODS: Patients who underwent clinically indicated polysomnography and had 12-lead ECG were identified through medical record review. Logistic regression was used to determine the associations between the measures of OSA severity (apnea hypopnea index [AHI] and mean nocturnal oxygen [O

RESULTS: A total of 261 patients (mean age: 57 years old, male: 52%) were included in the study. Multivariate analysis showed that AHI was associated with abnormal PTFV

CONCLUSION: In a sleep clinic cohort, there was significant association between OSA severity and ECG-defined left atrial abnormality.

Volume

24

Issue

4

First Page

12639

Last Page

12639

ISSN

1542-474X

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

30801924

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division

Document Type

Article

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