Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Arrhythmia in Heart Failure Patients

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) treatment remains complex and challenging, with current recommendations aiming at consideration and treatment of comorbidities in patients with HF. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and arrhythmia come into play, as both are associated with quality of life deterioration, and morbidity and mortality increase in patients with HF. Interactions of these diseases are versatile and may appear intransparent in daily practice. Nevertheless, because of their importance for patients' condition and prognosis, SDB and arrhythmia individually, but also through interaction on one another, necessitate attention, following the fact that treatment is requested and desired considering latest research findings and outcomes.

Keywords: Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure (HF); Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB); Sudden cardiac death.