Central sleep apnea in atrial fibrillation: Risk factor or marker of untreated underlying disease?

Dominik Linz^{1

2

3

4}, Jeroen Hendriks^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
² Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

Editorial

Dominik Linz et al. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 10:30:100650.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100650. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Dominik Linz^{1

2

3

4}, Jeroen Hendriks^{1

5}

¹ Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
² Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no relationships that could be construed as a conflict of interest.

Central sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: A review on pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic implications.
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