Cardiac arrhythmias are often accompanied by sleep-disordered breathing, say German researchers.
Thomas Bitter, from the Ruhr University in Bochum, used cardiorespiratory polygraphy to investigate whether 150 patients with atrial fibrillation, which included 110 men and 40 women, suffered from sleep-disordered breathing.
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Bitter and his colleagues observed that breathing during sleep was impaired in 74 per cent of the patients.
The researchers said that 43 per cent of the group suffered from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which means that the upper respiratory tract is constricted during the night, leading to oxygen deficiency.
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Breathing becomes flatter and flatter, until it is interrupted for an interval.
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The researchers say that their observations suggest that central sleep apnea is also relevant.
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