Heart block in patients with sleep apnoea

HF Becker, U Koehler, A Stammnitz, JH Peter - Thorax, 1998 - thorax.bmj.com
In the early days of sleep research it was thought that heart block (second and third degree
atrioventricular block), sinus arrest, or sinoatrial block were frequent findings in patients with …

Effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

…, T Ploch, L Grote, T Penzel, CE Sullivan, JH Peter - circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— There is increasing evidence that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an
independent risk factor for arterial hypertension. Because there are no controlled studies showing …

Correlated and uncorrelated regions in heart-rate fluctuations during sleep

A Bunde, S Havlin, JW Kantelhardt, T Penzel, JH Peter… - Physical review …, 2000 - APS
Healthy sleep consists of several stages: deep sleep, light sleep, and rapid eye movement (REM)
sleep. Here we show that these sleep stages can be characterized and distinguished …

The apnea-ECG database

…, RG Mark, AL Goldberger, JH Peter - … in Cardiology 2000 …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder with a high prevalence in the adult male population. Sleep
apnea is regarded as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular sequelae such as …

Comparison of detrended fluctuation analysis and spectral analysis for heart rate variability in sleep and sleep apnea

…, JW Kantelhardt, L Grote, JH Peter… - IEEE Transactions …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… Penzel, and JH Peter, “Sleep-related breathing disorder is an independent risk factor for
sys… Jörg-Hermann Peter was born in 1945 in Treisbach, Germany. He studied medicine and …

Therapeutic electrical stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve in obstructive sleep apnea

…, L Knaack, T Podszus, T Penzel, JH Peter… - … –Head & Neck …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Background Hypoglossal nerve stimulation has been demonstrated to relieve upper airway
obstruction acutely, but its effect on obstructive sleep apnea is not known. Objective To …

Breathing during sleep in patients with nocturnal desaturation

…, SG McNAMARA, RR Grunstein, JH Peter… - American Journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
The mechanisms leading to hypoxemia during sleep in patients with respiratory failure remain
poorly understood, with few studies providing a measure of minute ventilation (V i) during …

Manifestations and consequences of obstructive sleep apnoea

JH Peter, U Koehler, L Grote… - European Respiratory …, 1995 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Over the last two decades the diagnostic tools used in sleep medicine have developed
enormously, making it possible to study the interaction of sleep-related breathing disorders (…

Sleep-related breathing disorder is an independent risk factor for systemic hypertension

…, J Heitmann, L Knaack, T Penzel, JH Peter - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
The exact influence of sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) on blood pressure control
remains unknown. We investigated the influence of different degrees of SRBD on daytime …

Expiratory flow limitation and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure in obesity

…, T Gutheil, T Penzel, JH Peter… - Journal of Applied …, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
Breathing at very low lung volumes might be affected by decreased expiratory airflow and air
trapping. Our purpose was to detect expiratory flow limitation (EFL) and, as a consequence, …