Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common and serious sleep-related breathing disorders with a high prevalence among patients with cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Despite its widespread presence, OSA remains severely undiagnosed and untreated. CV mortality and morbidity are significantly...

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Main Authors: Satya Preetham Gunta, Roopesh Sai Jakulla, Aamer Ubaid, Kareem Mohamed, Abid Bhat, Angel López-Candales, Nicholas Norgard
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Cardiovascular Therapeutics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6006127
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Kareem Mohamed
Abid Bhat
Angel López-Candales
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description Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common and serious sleep-related breathing disorders with a high prevalence among patients with cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Despite its widespread presence, OSA remains severely undiagnosed and untreated. CV mortality and morbidity are significantly increased in the presence of OSA as it is associated with an increased risk of resistant hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmias, and coronary artery disease. Evaluation and treatment of OSA should focus on recognizing patients at risk of developing OSA. The use of screening questionnaires should be routine, but a formal polysomnography sleep study is fundamental in establishing and classifying OSA. Recognition of OSA patients will allow for the institution of appropriate therapy that should alleviate OSA-related symptoms with the intent of decreasing adverse CV risk. In this review, we focus on the impact OSA has on CV disease and evaluate contemporary OSA treatments. Our goal is to heighten awareness among CV practitioners.
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spelling doaj-art-395898c2cb4e444d9828bf4895e4ec522025-08-20T03:55:12ZengWileyCardiovascular Therapeutics1755-59222022-01-01202210.1155/2022/6006127Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022Satya Preetham Gunta0Roopesh Sai Jakulla1Aamer Ubaid2Kareem Mohamed3Abid Bhat4Angel López-Candales5Nicholas Norgard6Department of Internal MedicineDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of Sleep MedicineDepartment of Cardiovascular DiseasesDepartment of Internal MedicineObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common and serious sleep-related breathing disorders with a high prevalence among patients with cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Despite its widespread presence, OSA remains severely undiagnosed and untreated. CV mortality and morbidity are significantly increased in the presence of OSA as it is associated with an increased risk of resistant hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmias, and coronary artery disease. Evaluation and treatment of OSA should focus on recognizing patients at risk of developing OSA. The use of screening questionnaires should be routine, but a formal polysomnography sleep study is fundamental in establishing and classifying OSA. Recognition of OSA patients will allow for the institution of appropriate therapy that should alleviate OSA-related symptoms with the intent of decreasing adverse CV risk. In this review, we focus on the impact OSA has on CV disease and evaluate contemporary OSA treatments. Our goal is to heighten awareness among CV practitioners.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6006127
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Cardiovascular Therapeutics
title Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022
title_full Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022
title_fullStr Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022
title_full_unstemmed Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022
title_short Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022
title_sort obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular diseases sad realities and untold truths regarding care of patients in 2022
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6006127
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