Volume 72 Number 1 January 2005	back to contents

Address all correspondence to Stasia J. Wieber, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Box 1232, Mount Sinai Medical Center, One East 100 th Street, New York, NY 10029.

Adapted from a Cardiology Grand Rounds presentation to the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY on September 29, 2003, and updated as of June 2004.

ABSTRACT

The obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a common disorder, estimated to occur in 4% of males and 2% of females in the workforce. This incidence increases with age. Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea is responsible for acute and chronic heart disease, but is a readily treatable disorder that is both underdiagnosed and underappreciated in health care. Because the cardiac consequences of untreated sleep apnea are so profound and the treatment relatively simple, the disorder needs to be recognized more frequently.

KEYWORDS

Sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, heart, cardiac, arrhythmia, vascular.

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