Sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy: future implications for cardiovascular health.
Sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy: future implications for cardiovascular health.
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DOI:
10.1097/ogx.0000000000000052
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发表时间:
2014-03
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
O'Brien LM
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作者:
Dunietz GL;Chervin RD;O'Brien LM
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common condition in post-reproductive females. Key risk factors for later-life CVD include gestational hypertension (GHTN) and pre-eclampsia (PE). Although several risk factors for hypertension in pregnancy are well recognized, a novel risk factor that has emerged recently is sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), a condition characterized by repeated closure of the upper airway during sleep with disrupted ventilation and sleep fragmentation. In the non-pregnant population, SDB is now known to play a causal role in future cardiovascular disease. To propose the hypothesis that occult SDB during pregnancy may play a role in long-term cardiovascular disease in women who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. A review and synthesis of empirical evidence that links SDB to GHTN/PE and GHTN/PE to future cardiovascular disease. An increasing body of evidence supports the relationship between SDB and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy via mechanisms of inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction. It is well established that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with long-term risk for cardiovascular disease via similar mechanisms. However, no studies have addressed the potential role for SDB in long-term outcomes of women with GHTN/PE during pregnancy. Given the suggested mechanisms that explain these associations, it is plausible that SDB during pregnancy may increase long-term cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Pregnancy may offer a window of opportunity for identification and treatment of SDB which could provide substantial health benefit for many years to come. Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Family Physicians After completing this CME activity, physicians should be better able to evaluate the current evidence regarding the frequency of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy, its risk factors, subsequent outcomes, and treatment.