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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-5633</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Colomb. Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-5633</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiologia. Oficina de Publicaciones]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-56332019000200093</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rccar.2018.10.014</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Síndrome de apnea/hipopnea obstructiva del sueño y su asociación con las arritmias cardíacas. Una revisión narrativa de la literatura]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Obstructive sleep apnoea / hypopnoea syndrome and its relationship with cardiac arrhythmias. A narrative review of the literature]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salazar-Arenas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Amado-Garzón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra B.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz-Gaviria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Álvaro J.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz-Severiche]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura J.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Hidalgo-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patricia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario San Ignacio Departamento de Medicina Interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Javeriana Facultad de Medicina Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Facultad de Medicina Departamento de Medicina Interna, Laboratorio de Sueño]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>93</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-56332019000200093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-56332019000200093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-56332019000200093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El Síndrome de apnea - hipopnea obstructiva del sueño es una enfermedad con compromiso multisistémico, con especial repercusión en el sistema cardiovascular y por tanto con alto impacto en la morbimortalidad general. Se han demostrado múltiples mecanismos fisiopatológicos que explican y sugieren una asociación directa y proporcional al daño generado por esta entidad, en especial para las taquiarritmias, específicamente para fibrilación auricular y también para las bradiarrimias, con mejoría demostrada tras el tratamiento con presión positiva continua de la vía aérea. La asociación con aleteo auricular y arritmias ventriculares ha mostrado resultados contradictorios en algunos estudios, por lo que aún no es tan clara.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Obstructive sleep apnoea / hypopnoea syndrome is a disease of multisystemic involvement, with particular repercussions on the cardiovascular system, and thus a high impact on morbidity and mortality. Several pathophysiological mechanisms have been demonstrated that explain and suggest a direct and proportional relationship to the damaged caused by the condition, especially for tachyarrhythmias, specifically for atrial fibrillation, and also for bradyarrhythmias, with a demonstrated improvement with continuous positive airway pressure. As the association with atrial flutter and ventricular arrhythmias has shown contradictory results in some studies, the relationship is still not clear.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Arritmia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Apnea obstructiva del sueño]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fibrilación auricular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Arrhythmia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Obstructive sleep apnoea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Atrial fibrillation]]></kwd>
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