Patients with both obstructive sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have higher sympathetic modulation of heart rate compared with those with either condition alone.
Do patients with both OSA and COPD have higher sympathetic modulation of heart rate compared to those with OSA or COPD alone?
Patients with Overlap syndrome (OSA and COPD) exhibit higher cardiac sympathetic hyperactivity compared to either condition alone, providing a potential mechanism for their increased morbidity and mortality.
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= 0.62, p = 0.007). These findings show that patients with both OSA and COPD have higher sympathetic modulation of heart rate compared with those with OSA or COPD alone. Furthermore, the findings provide a potential mechanism for the increased morbidity and mortality reported in patients suffering from both disorders, suggesting new therapeutic perspectives in Overlap syndrome.
Taranto‐Montemurro et al. (Wed,) reported a other. Patients with both obstructive sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have higher sympathetic modulation of heart rate compared with those with either condition alone.