• Ruihan Lin, Minhan Yi, Wenjie Yan, and Yuan Zhang.
• Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
• Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 2022 Oct 1; 52 (10): e13821.

BackgroundComorbidity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and heart failure (HF) is becoming increasingly common. This is a global analysis of positive airway pressure (PAP) efficacy for the cardiovascular outcomes in those HF Patients with comorbid OSA.MethodsRelated randomized controlled trials were included. Analysed indicators covered primary outcomes (cardiac function, motor ability and life quality) and secondary outcomes (blood pressure and OSA-accompanying symptoms). Weighted mean difference was used to analyse the PAP-control difference in different experimental phases and the baseline-post difference in different groups.ResultsCompared with control group, PAP was associated with a 3.48% increase in left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) (p < .00001) and little decrease in heart rate (HR) (p = .67). Over 6 h of mean nighttime use was associated with a greater increase in LVEF of 5.21% (p = .0002) and a significant reduction in HR of 3.81 bpm (p = .03). There was no significant difference between PAP and control group in their association with change in motor ability and life quality. Besides, PAP was associated with a 13.08 mm Hg decrease in systolic blood pressure and great improvements in OSA-accompanying symptoms: Apnea-Hypopnea Index, -23.73 e/h; mean oxygen saturation, 1.86%; minimum oxygen saturation, 8.78%; Epworth Sleepiness Scale, -1.39 point; arousal index, -16.41 e/h. There was also no significant difference in diastolic blood pressure.ConclusionsPositive airway pressure treatment improves cardiac function in HF patients with comorbid OSA, but the improved magnitude is associated with the duration of nighttime use rather than the duration of treatment.© 2022 Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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