References on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Relationship with Cardiovascular Disease

• Bonsignore MR., Parati G., Insalaco, G., Marrone, O., Castiglioni P., Romano S., DiRienzo, M., Mancia G., Bonsignore G. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Improves Baroreflex Control of Heart Rate during Sleep in Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med  2002.  Vol. 166: 279-286.
  
  
• 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.; Vol. 166: 159-165.
  
  
• Shahar E., Whitney CW., Redline S., 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(1): 19-25.
  
  
• Leung, RST., Bradley TD. Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001.; Vol. 164: 2147-2165.
  
  
• Fletcher, EC. Cardiovascular Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.; Sleep 2000.; Vol. 23 (4). ; S154-s157.
  
  
• Niroumand, M., Kuperstein, R., Sasson, Z., Hanly. Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Left Ventricular Mass and Diastolic Function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001. Vol. 163: 1632-1636.

Relationship with Coronary Artery Disease

• Milleron O., Pilliere, R., Foucher A., de Roquefeuil, F., Aegerter, P., Jondeau, G., Raffestin, BG., Dubourg, O. Benefits of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment in Coronary Artery Disease: A Long Term Follow-up Study. Eur Heart J. 2004. Vol. 25: 728-734.
  
  
• McGill, HC., McMahan, A., Henderick, EE., Zieske, AW., Malcom, GT., Tracey, RE., Strong, JP. Obesity Accelerates the Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Young Men. Circulation 2002. Vol. 105: 2712-2718.
  
  
• Kato, M., Roberts-Thompson P., Phillips BG., Haynes WG., Winnicki M., Accurso V., Somers VK. Impairment of Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation of Resistance Vessels in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Circulation 2000. Vol. 102: 2607-2610.
  
  
• Koehler U., Schafer, H. Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease? Sleep 1996. Vol. 19(4): 283-286.

Relationship with Congestive Heart Failure

• Mansfield, DR., Gollogly NC., Kaye, DM., Richardson M., Bergin P., Naughton, M. Controlled Trial of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004. Vol. 169: 361-366.
  
  
• Sin DD., Fitzgerald F., Parker JD., Newton GE., Logan AG., Floras JS., Bradley TD. Relationship of Systolic BP to Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Heart Failure. Chest 2003. Vol. 123: 1536-1543.
  
  
• Bradley TD., Floras JS. Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure. Part I: Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Circulation 2003. Vol. 107:1671-1678.
  
  
• Bradley TD., Florax, JS. Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure. Part II: Central Sleep Apnea. Circulation 2003. Vol 107:1822-1826.
  
  
• Krachman, SJ., Crocetti J., Berger, TJ., Chatila, W., Eisen HJ., D'Alonzo GE. Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Oxygen Body Stores in Patients with Cheyne-Stokes Respiration and Congestive Heart Failure. Chest 2003. Vol. 123:59-66.
  
  
• Jessup M., Brozena S. Heart Failure. N Engl J Med 2003. Vol 348:2007-2018.
  
  
• Kohnlein T., Welte T., Tan, LB., Elliott, MW. Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Patients with Chronic Heart Disease: A critical review of the current literature. Thorax 2002. Vol. 57: 547-554.
  
  
• Kenchaiah, S., Evans, JC., Levy, D., Wilson, PWF., Benjamin EJ., Larson MG., Kannel WB., Vasan RS. Obesity and the Risk of Heart Failure. N Engl J Med 2002. Vol. 347:305-313.
  
  
• Yan, AT., Bradley TD., Liu PP. The Role of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure. Chest 2001. Vol. 120: 16475-1685.
  
  
• Andreas, S. Central Sleep Apnea and Chronic Heart Failure. Sleep 2000. Vol. 23(4): s220-s223.
  
  
• Sin DD., Logan AG., Fitzgerald FS., Liu PP., Bradley TD. Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients With and Without Cheyne-Stokes Respiration. Circulation 2000. Vol. 102: 61-66.
  
  
• Sin, DD., Fitzgerald, F., Parker, JD., Newton, G., Floras, JS., Bradley TD. Risk Factors for Central and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in 450 Men and Woman with Congestive Heart Failure. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999. Vol. 160: 1101-1106.
  
  
• Javaheri, S. A Mechanism of Central Sleep Apnea in Patient with Heart Failure. N Engl J Med 1999. Vol. 341: 949-954.
  
  
• Javaheri, S., Parker, TJ., Liming, JD., Corbett WS., Nishiyama, H., Wexler, L., Roselle, GA. Sleep Apnea in 81 Ambulatory Male Patients with Stable Heart Failure. Types and Their Prevalence, Consequences, and Presentations. Circulation 1998. Vol. 97:2154-2159.
  
  
• Quaranta AJ., D'Alonzo GE., Krachman, SL. Cheyne-Stokes Respiration During Sleep in Congestive Heart Failure. Chest 1997. Vol. 111: 467-473.
  
  
• Bradley TD., Floras JS. Pathophysiologic and Therapeutic Implications of Sleep Apnea in Congestive Heart Failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure 1996. Vol. 2(3) 223-240.

Relationship with Atrial Fibrillation

• Gami, AS., Pressman, G., Caples, SM., Kanagala, R., Gard JJ., Davison, DE., Malouf, JF., Ammash, NM., Friedman, PA., Somers, VK. Association of Atrial Fibrillation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Circulation 2004. Vol. 110: 364-367.
  
  
• Kanagala, R., Murali, NS., Friedman, PA., Ammash, NM., Gersh, BJ., Ballman, K., Shamsuzzaman, ASM., Somers, VK. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation 2003.; Vol. 107: 2589-2594.
  
  
• Maisel, WH., Stevenson LW. Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Rationale for Therapy. Am J. Cardiolology 2003. Vol. 91 (suppl): 2D-8D.