Rapid Eye Movement-related Sleep-disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Risk: Additional Clarity or More Questions?

Patrick J Strollo Jr^{1

2}, Oladipupo Olafiranye^{3

2}, Yüksel Peker^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, and.
² Veterans Affairs, Department of Medicine, VA Pittsburgh Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and.
³ Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

Editorial

Patrick J Strollo Jr et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;17(5):559-560.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202002-128ED.

Patrick J Strollo Jr^{1

2}, Oladipupo Olafiranye^{3

2}, Yüksel Peker^{1

4}

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, and.
² Veterans Affairs, Department of Medicine, VA Pittsburgh Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and.
³ Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Comment on

Natural History of Sleep-disordered Breathing during Rapid Eye Movement Sleep. Relevance for Incident Cardiovascular Disease.
Aurora RN, McGuffey EJ, Punjabi NM. Aurora RN, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 May;17(5):614-620. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201907-524OC. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020. PMID: 32011165 Free PMC article.

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