Background: Treatmentwith positive airway pressure devices improved signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA); however, auto-adjusting positive pressure (APAP) device was not as effective as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in reducing arterial blood pressure and insulin resistance. The role played by autonomic cardiac regulation remains to be clarified. We aimed to test the effects of CPAP and APAP on autonomic regulation and cardiorespiratory coupling during sleep. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed full-night polysomnographic studies. 19 patients newly diagnosed with severe OSA (AHI N 30) and 7 obese subjects without OSA (CON) were enrolled. Each OSA subject was assigned to CPAP or APAP treatment and underwent a sleep study after 1 week of treatment. Spectral and cross-spectral analyses of heart rate variability (HRV) and respiration were performed to assess autonomic profile and coherence (K2) between respiration and HF oscillation during sleep in CPAP, APAP and CON groups. Results: In CPAP and CON, LFnu and LF/HF, markers of sympathetic modulation, decreased from N2 to N3 and increased during REM sleep (p b 0.001), while in APAP group, sympathetic modulation was significantly higher compared with those of CPAP and CON during all sleep stages. K2 values were lower in APAP compared with those in CPAP and CON. Conclusion: APAP treatment was characterized by a greater sympathetic activation and it was associated with a lower cardio-respiratory coupling comparedwith CPAP. This might account for the different effects on cardiovascular risk factors induced by the two treatments.

Acute effects of autoadjusting and fixed continuous positive airway pressure treatments on cardiorespiratory coupling in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea

BIANCHI, ANNA MARIA;MENDEZ GARCIA, MARTIN OSVALDO;
2014-01-01

Abstract

Background: Treatmentwith positive airway pressure devices improved signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA); however, auto-adjusting positive pressure (APAP) device was not as effective as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in reducing arterial blood pressure and insulin resistance. The role played by autonomic cardiac regulation remains to be clarified. We aimed to test the effects of CPAP and APAP on autonomic regulation and cardiorespiratory coupling during sleep. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed full-night polysomnographic studies. 19 patients newly diagnosed with severe OSA (AHI N 30) and 7 obese subjects without OSA (CON) were enrolled. Each OSA subject was assigned to CPAP or APAP treatment and underwent a sleep study after 1 week of treatment. Spectral and cross-spectral analyses of heart rate variability (HRV) and respiration were performed to assess autonomic profile and coherence (K2) between respiration and HF oscillation during sleep in CPAP, APAP and CON groups. Results: In CPAP and CON, LFnu and LF/HF, markers of sympathetic modulation, decreased from N2 to N3 and increased during REM sleep (p b 0.001), while in APAP group, sympathetic modulation was significantly higher compared with those of CPAP and CON during all sleep stages. K2 values were lower in APAP compared with those in CPAP and CON. Conclusion: APAP treatment was characterized by a greater sympathetic activation and it was associated with a lower cardio-respiratory coupling comparedwith CPAP. This might account for the different effects on cardiovascular risk factors induced by the two treatments.
2014
Autonomic nervous system; Continuous positive airway pressure; Heart rate variability; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep; Sympathovagal balance
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