Tag: sleep apnoea
New obstructive sleep apnoea diagnostic guidelines favour polysomnography and HSAT
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have published new guidelines on diagnostic testing for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults. The new...
Have you considered this sleeping burden of atrial fibrillation (AF)?
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AF is a growing epidemic affecting 33.5 million people today.1 Up to 91% of AF patients have co-morbidities.2 Among...
Central sleep apnoea treatment device remedē receives FDA approval
Respicardia has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its remedē system, a transvenous implantable neurostimulation device that stimulates the phrenic nerve and...
US FDA clears expanded paediatric indication for Itamar Medical WatchPAT device
Itamar Medical has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to expand the medical indication of WatchPAT for sleep apnoea diagnosis. WatchPAT is...
Philips launches DreamMapper sleep apnoea website and application in UK
Royal Philips has launched the DreamMapper application and website in the UK, which is designed to assist people living with sleep apnoea to improve...
Importance of obstructive sleep apnoea in EP
Syed Rafay A Sabzwari and Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy (Kansas City, USA) review the importance of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in electrophysiology and cardiology at large,...
Simple test predicts obstructive sleep apnoea in patients hospitalised for heart...
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA, have showed that a simple questionnaire, evaluation and pulse-oximetry monitoring can lead to early detection of sleep apnoea in patients hospitalised for congestive heart failure.