Learning Objectives

• To define cardiovascular disease mechanisms activated by sleep apnea
• To review the role of the diving reflex in bradyarrhythmias triggered by sleep apnea
• To address the association between sleep apnea and both myocardial ischemia and cardiac arrhythmias
• To explore the interaction and mechanisms linking sleep apnea to sudden death
• To highlight data from recent randomized trials of intervention in sleep apnea.

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