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01/Jan/2010
01/Jan/2010
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082010AO1469
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias induced by exercise in a population with sleep disorders and to analyze the triggering factors. Methods: Patients were consecutively selected from the database of the Sleep Clinic of Universidade Federal de São Paulo. All subjects were submitted to basal polysomnography, blood sample collection, physical examination, 12-lead ECG, spirometry, cardiorespiratory exercise study on a treadmill, and echocardiogram. The Control Group was matched for age and gender. Results: A total of 312 patients […]
Keywords: Anoxia; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Arrhythmias, cardiac/epidemiology; Arrhythmias, cardiac/etiology; Causality; Echocardiography, stress; Exercise test; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea syndromes; Sleep disorders; Sleep disorders/epidemiology