Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: literature review

Abstract

The objective of this article was to analyze and summarize the available data on obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as a risk factor for the occurrence and aggravation of the cardiovascular system diseases. This review presents the materials of domestic and foreign authors about risk factors and their prevention. 52 different literature sources were used — articles published in the international citation databases PubMed (MEDLINE), Scopus, as well as fundamental research published in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), monographs. The data were selected by keeywords: "cardiovascular diseases", "risk factors", "arterial hypertension", "chronic cardiac insufficiency", "atrial fibrillation", "apnea". Materials whose authorship has not been established, textbooks, near-scientific Internet resources, as well as those that do not correspond to the subject of the study were excluded from the analysis. Sleep apnea is a widespread, but not often detected disease among patients with cardiovascular pathologies. Further study of methods of diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea is a promising direction in terms of working on risk factors and the effectiveness of cardiovascular diseases treatment.