Structural and functional cardiac consequences of obstructive sleep apnea
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep-related breathing disorder, can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, leading to presentations including hypertension, arrhythmias, and congestive heart failure. Shivalkar et al. believe that the cardiac consequences of OSA could be the most important, and have investigated various cardiovascular parameters in obese patients with severe OSA who had no known history of cardiac disease.
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