Roberto Castellana1, Giacomo Aringhieri1, Luna Gargani2, Michelangelo Maestri3, Alessandro Schirru3, Enrica Bonanni3, Ugo Faraguna4,5. 1. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 2. Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy. 3. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 4. Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 5. Department of Developmental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: The influence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on thoracic aortic size is debated. We aimed to identify possible relations between sleep parameters and the sizes of the ascending aorta (AA), the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), and the main pulmonary artery (MPA) in patients with untreated OSA and in a subgroup of participants without comorbidities capable of affecting the size of great thoracic vessels. METHODS: We retrospectively measured AA, DTA, and MPA sizes on the chest computed tomography scans of 60 patients with OSA who underwent sleep studies within 1 year before or after the computed tomography. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on all patient findings, while an additional univariate analysis was conducted on the data for 22 participants without comorbidities. The latter had been divided into subgroups depending on the sleep parameters, and comparisons were made between them. RESULTS: The logarithm of the time of oxygen saturation below 90% (CT90) significantly predicted AA and MPA sizes in all patients with OSA (P < .05). Oxygen desaturation index and minimum oxygen saturation were moderately correlated with AA and DTA sizes in patients without comorbidities (P < .01). In this group, subjects with oxygen desaturation index > 30 or minimum oxygen saturation < 81% had greater AA and DTA dimensions (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with OSA, time of oxygen saturation < 90% influenced AA and MPA sizes. In those patients without comorbidities, oxygen desaturation index and minimum oxygen saturation were moderately correlated with both AA and DTA sizes. Participants without comorbidities with oxygen desaturation index > 30 or minimum oxygen saturation < 81% had greater AA and DTA dimensions.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: The influence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on thoracic aortic size is debated. We aimed to identify possible relations between sleep parameters and the sizes of the ascending aorta (AA), the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), and the main pulmonary artery (MPA) in patients with untreated OSA and in a subgroup of participants without comorbidities capable of affecting the size of great thoracic vessels. METHODS: We retrospectively measured AA, DTA, and MPA sizes on the chest computed tomography scans of 60 patients with OSA who underwent sleep studies within 1 year before or after the computed tomography. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on all patient findings, while an additional univariate analysis was conducted on the data for 22 participants without comorbidities. The latter had been divided into subgroups depending on the sleep parameters, and comparisons were made between them. RESULTS: The logarithm of the time of oxygen saturation below 90% (CT90) significantly predicted AA and MPA sizes in all patients with OSA (P < .05). Oxygen desaturation index and minimum oxygen saturation were moderately correlated with AA and DTA sizes in patients without comorbidities (P < .01). In this group, subjects with oxygen desaturation index > 30 or minimum oxygen saturation < 81% had greater AA and DTA dimensions (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with OSA, time of oxygen saturation < 90% influenced AA and MPA sizes. In those patients without comorbidities, oxygen desaturation index and minimum oxygen saturation were moderately correlated with both AA and DTA sizes. Participants without comorbidities with oxygen desaturation index > 30 or minimum oxygen saturation < 81% had greater AA and DTA dimensions.
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