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the public to join them at their quarterly meeting at the National
Archives, SE Region, Morrow, June 20, 10:00 am. The guest speaker will
be John Vogt, who will give a program on the "American South Following the
Revolution: Picking up the pieces 1780-1820" and "From Revolution to
Session; Families Divided by the Rising Tide of Sectionalism, 1820-1860".
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Sleep Apnea May Be Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Death, Mayo Clinic
Research Concludes
11/18/08 After studying the sleep characteristics of nearly
11,000 adults in an overnight sleep laboratory, Mayo Clinic researchers
suggest that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - and, in particular, the low
nighttime oxygen saturation of the blood it causes - may be a risk factor
for sudden cardiac death (SCD).
OSA is a condition that disrupts breathing during sleep and is associated
with obesity.
The study identified OSA as one of two traits that contribute to the
highest risk of SCD. The other is age - patients who are 60 years old or
older.
SCD can happen when the heart's electrical system malfunctions; if
treatment - cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation - is not
administered quickly, a person dies.
If further studies validate these findings, OSA would join established
risk factors such as smoking, obesity, high cholesterol and high blood
pressure. Mayo Clinic cardiologist Apoor Gami, M.D., the lead researcher
on the study, presents the findings today at the American Heart
Association's Scientific Sessions 2008 in New Orleans.
Significance
Physicians have suspected for years that OSA might be implicated in SCD
because of evidence that low oxygen alters the blood vessels in a way that
promotes heart disease. This is the first large study to rigorously test
the hypothesis, Dr. Gami says.
"Nighttime low oxygen saturation in the blood is an important complication
of obstructive sleep apnea," says Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D., the study's
principal investigator. "Our data showed that an average nighttime oxygen
saturation of the blood of 93 percent and lowest nighttime saturation of
78 percent strongly predicted SCD, independent of other well-established
risk factors, such as high cholesterol. These findings implicate OSA, a
relatively common condition, as a novel risk factor for SCD."
Dr. Somers says these early results are relevant to clinical care. He
urges physicians to watch for OSA in their heart patients and consider
treating severe cases. "It is possible that diagnosing and treating sleep
apnea may prove to be an important opportunity to advance our efforts at
preventing and treating heart disease," he says.
Obstructive sleep apnea and public health OSA is a common breathing
disorder associated with frequent and repeated instances of upper airway
obstruction during sleep. Restless sleep and extremely loud snoring are
typical symptoms. Obstruction can be caused by excess tissue in the
airway, a large tongue or large tonsils, or nasal passage irregularities
that diminish airflow. Obesity is a major cause of the condition.
Treatments are available, such as a customized appliance worn during sleep
to stabilize tissues.
Given the rising incidence of obesity in children and adults, OSA is also
becoming more common, Dr. Somers says. So concerned are major heart
physicians' groups about this emerging public health trend that last
summer the American Heart Association and the American College of
Cardiology issued a joint statement calling for studies probing the link
between OSA and SCD, says Dr. Somers. He chaired the committee that wrote
the statement.
About the study
The researchers reviewed data from 10,701 consecutive adults who underwent
an initial diagnostic sleep laboratory analysis session between 1987 and
2003. During a follow-up period of up to 15 years, researchers assessed
cases where patients had sudden cardiac arrest, and either died (SCD) or
were resuscitated, in relationship to the presence of OSA and other data,
including nighttime levels of oxygen saturation in the blood. Results
showed that during an average follow-up of 5.3 years, 142 patients had
suffered SCD and either died or were resuscitated.
Collaboration and support
Other researchers from Mayo were Eric Olson, M.D.; Win Shen, M.D.; R.
Scott Wright, M.D.; Karla Ballman, Ph.D.; Daniel Howard; Dave Hodge and
Regina Herges. The study was funded by grants from the National Institutes
of Health and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
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