Assessment of atrial electromechanical delay and influential factors in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
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2012-03-01Author
Yagmur, JulideYETKİN, ÖZKAN
CANSEL, MEHMET
Acikgoz, NUSRET
ERMİŞ, NECİP
Karakus, Yasin
Tasolar, Hakan
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The interaction between moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiac arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation (AF), is well known. We aimed to determine whether atrial electromechanical parameters assessed by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) would be affected in moderate-to-severe OSA, and detect the influential factors of atrial electromechanical parameters in these patients.