Sleep apnea in atrial fibrillation - Highly prevalent, highly relevant, but most patients are not somnolent!

Kadhim Kadhim^{1

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3}, Dennis H Lau^{1

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3}, Prashanthan Sanders^{1

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3}, Dominik Linz^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
² Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Editorial

Kadhim Kadhim et al. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2020.

. 2020 Jan 6:26:100463.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100463. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Kadhim Kadhim^{1

1

2

3}, Dennis H Lau^{1

1

2

3}, Prashanthan Sanders^{1

1

2

3}, Dominik Linz^{1

2

3}

¹ Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
² Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Prevalence, risk factors, and type of sleep apnea in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Traaen GM, Øverland B, Aakerøy L, Hunt TE, Bendz C, Sande L, Aakhus S, Zaré H, Steinshamn S, Anfinsen OG, Loennechen JP, Gullestad L, Akre H. Traaen GM, et al. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2019 Dec 19;26:100447. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100447. eCollection 2020 Feb. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2019. PMID: 32140547 Free PMC article.

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