Anna Mary Mohammadieh1,2,3, Hasthi U Dissanayake4,5, Kate Sutherland4,6, Seren Ucak4,5, Philip De Chazal4,5, Peter A Cistulli4,6. 1. Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre and Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. amoh2259@uni.sydney.edu.au. 2. Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Centre for Sleep Health & Research, Level 8, Acute Services Building, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia. amoh2259@uni.sydney.edu.au. 3. Department of Thoracic Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, 2010, Australia. amoh2259@uni.sydney.edu.au. 4. Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre and Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. 5. School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia. 6. Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Centre for Sleep Health & Research, Level 8, Acute Services Building, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The autonomic nervous system may mediate acute apnoea-induced atrial fibrillation (AF). We compared cardiac autonomic function in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) patients with and without obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). METHODS: Case control study of 101 patients with PAF recruited at two tertiary centres. All patients underwent in-laboratory polysomnography. ECG signal demonstrating "steady state" sinus rhythm (i.e. with arrhythmic beats and respiratory events excluded) was included in the analysis. Cardiac autonomic function was assessed via measures of heart rate variability (HRV) and reported by sleep stage (REM vs Non-REM) for patients with and without OSA. RESULTS: Sixty-five (66.3%) of patients were male, mean age 61.5 ± 11.6 years, mean BMI 27.1 ± 4.3 kg/m2. Global measures of HRV (triangular index, total power) did not differ between PAF patients with and without OSA in either REM or non-REM sleep. Frequency-domain analysis during non-REM sleep in PAF patients with OSA showed increased cardiac parasympathetic modulation (HF-nu: 39.1 ± 15.7 vs 48.0 ± 14.6, p = 0.008) and reduced cardiac sympathetic modulation (LF-nu 54.1 ± 19.7 vs 43.7 ± 18.0, p = 0.012, LF/HF ratio: 2.1 ± 2.0 vs 1.2 ± 1.0, p = 0.007). Results remained significant after adjusting for age, sex, and BMI (adjusted p values 0.024, 0.045 and 0.018 respectively). There were no differences in HRV parameters during REM sleep. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study of HRV in PAF patients with and without OSA. Our results indicate limited differences in HRV between groups. However, this work suggests a chronic increase in parasympathetic nervous modulation and relative reduction in sympathetic modulation in PAF patients with OSA during steady-state non-REM sleep.
PURPOSE: The autonomic nervous system may mediate acute apnoea-induced atrial fibrillation (AF). We compared cardiac autonomic function in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) patients with and without obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). METHODS: Case control study of 101 patients with PAF recruited at two tertiary centres. All patients underwent in-laboratory polysomnography. ECG signal demonstrating "steady state" sinus rhythm (i.e. with arrhythmic beats and respiratory events excluded) was included in the analysis. Cardiac autonomic function was assessed via measures of heart rate variability (HRV) and reported by sleep stage (REM vs Non-REM) for patients with and without OSA. RESULTS: Sixty-five (66.3%) of patients were male, mean age 61.5 ± 11.6 years, mean BMI 27.1 ± 4.3 kg/m2. Global measures of HRV (triangular index, total power) did not differ between PAF patients with and without OSA in either REM or non-REM sleep. Frequency-domain analysis during non-REM sleep in PAF patients with OSA showed increased cardiac parasympathetic modulation (HF-nu: 39.1 ± 15.7 vs 48.0 ± 14.6, p = 0.008) and reduced cardiac sympathetic modulation (LF-nu 54.1 ± 19.7 vs 43.7 ± 18.0, p = 0.012, LF/HF ratio: 2.1 ± 2.0 vs 1.2 ± 1.0, p = 0.007). Results remained significant after adjusting for age, sex, and BMI (adjusted p values 0.024, 0.045 and 0.018 respectively). There were no differences in HRV parameters during REM sleep. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study of HRV in PAF patients with and without OSA. Our results indicate limited differences in HRV between groups. However, this work suggests a chronic increase in parasympathetic nervous modulation and relative reduction in sympathetic modulation in PAF patients with OSA during steady-state non-REM sleep.
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