Response to the Letter of Dr. Tomoyuki Kawada, "Acute Myocardial Infarction and Sleep Apnea"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University Hospital Brno and School of Medicine of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Olomouc and School of Medicine of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Olomouc and School of Medicine of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Electronic address: kara.tomas@mayo.edu.

Comment

Ondrej Ludka et al. Int J Cardiol. 2015.

. 2015 Sep 15:195:51-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.051. Epub 2015 May 12.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University Hospital Brno and School of Medicine of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Olomouc and School of Medicine of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Olomouc and School of Medicine of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Electronic address: kara.tomas@mayo.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Day–night variation; Preconditioning; Prevalence; Sleep apnea.

Comment on

Sleep apnea prevalence in acute myocardial infarction--the Sleep Apnea in Post-acute Myocardial Infarction Patients (SAPAMI) Study.
Ludka O, Stepanova R, Vyskocilova M, Galkova L, Mikolaskova M, Belehrad M, Kostalova J, Mihalova Z, Drozdova A, Hlasensky J, Gacik M, Pudilova L, Mikusova T, Fischerova B, Sert-Kuniyoshi F, Somers VK, Spinar J, Kara T. Ludka O, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep;176(1):13-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.020. Epub 2014 Jun 27. Int J Cardiol. 2014. PMID: 25064202 Free PMC article.
Acute myocardial infarction and sleep apnea.
Kawada T. Kawada T. Int J Cardiol. 2015 May 6;187:486-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.389. Epub 2015 Mar 28. Int J Cardiol. 2015. PMID: 25846659 No abstract available.