The Relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation: A Complex Interplay

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Mechanisms of AF development in obstructive sleep apnea</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Negative intrathoracic pressure</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hypoxemia</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hypercapnia</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Autonomic nervous system activation</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Inflammation</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Arterial stiffening</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hypertension</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Left ventricular hypertrophy</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Diastolic dysfunction</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Interventricular septal wall thickening</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Left atrial enlargement</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Atrial electromechanical remodeling</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: The Relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation: A Complex Interplay 