Dr Ford Brewer - PrevMed

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA & ABLATION FAILURE part2 - FORD BREWER MD MPH

Episode Summary

This video shows that OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) is a major cause of failed ablation for atrial fibrillation. This is a more definitive study than those previously covered; it's a meta-analysis. There were 3,995 patients involved. OSA was shown to be a major risk factor. This is the link to the Meta-Analysis reviewed in this video: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21529734/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20488856/

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