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Which cardiovascular diseases are most influenced by smoking - a cohort retrospective study
Conclusion: This study suggests that smoking may have a greater impact on the development of stroke (p = 0.012) and HBP (p = 0.025). Smoking also has an impact on the development of AMI, but on a smaller scale (p=0.042). Higher PY values are also influencing the development of CVD (p = 0.035). There was no statistically significant variation between the two groups in the development of DM2.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Carvalho Cordes Amaral Barata, C., Rosa, R., Vieira, A. C., Ferra, J., Fradinho, M., Matos, C., Nogueira, F. Tags: Tobacco, smoking control and health educ. Source Type: research

Con: continuous positive airway pressure and cardiovascular prevention
For the last two decades, evidence has been mounting that obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) may be a cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD). OSA causes repeated acute falls in nocturnal arterial blood oxygen saturation, and rises in blood pressure and heart rate. These physiological changes, combined with the acute mechanical stress placed on the heart from the often very large negative pleural pressure swings during obstructed breathing, were postulated to provide the substrate necessary to induce acute events such as myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, acute heart failure, stroke and sudden cardiovascular death. Observationa...
Source: European Respiratory Journal - May 10, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: McEvoy, R. D., Kohler, M. Tags: Editorials Source Type: research

Obstructive sleep apnoea and exercise functional capacity: time to move?
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is defined by repetitive episodes of obstructive respiratory events, characterised by marked reduction (hypopnoea) or cessation of respiration (apnoea) due to upper airway obstruction during sleep. Each respiratory event leads to episodes of asphyxia and progressive but futile generation of excessive negative intrathoracic pressure. The patient is typically self-rescued by an arousal from sleep that leads to opening of the airway and resumption of breathing [1]. OSA is common in the general population across the whole human life span from infants to the elderly [2]. There is good evidence bui...
Source: European Respiratory Journal - June 28, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Farre, N., Lorenzi-Filho, G. Tags: Editorials Source Type: research