Impact of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on left atrial function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: assessment by conventional and two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

Mustafa Gökhan Vural, Süha Çetin, Ramazan Akdemir, Ekrem Yeter

Acta cardiologica. Supplementum · 2014 · 16 citations · 0 references

Abstract

LA volumetric and deformation abnormalities in OSA patients can be reversed as early as 12 weeks into CPAP therapy, with progressive improvement in LA anatomical remodelling over 24 weeks as assessed by conventional and 2D-STE.