Metabolic syndrome with sleep apnea ups risk for heart events in hospitalized women

Women hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome who have metabolic syndrome are 1.7 times more likely to experience a major adverse CV or cerebrovascular event if they also have comorbid obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported.
“Existing data have suggested that the pathophysiology mechanisms of obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] and metabolic syndrome interact with each other and that both have adverse effects on the prognosis of patients with ACS,” Shaoping Nie, MD, PhD, of the division of cardiology and the Center for Coronary Artery Disease at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China,

Women hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome who have metabolic syndrome are 1.7 times more likely to experience a major adverse CV or cerebrovascular event if they also have comorbid obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported.
“Existing data have suggested that the pathophysiology mechanisms of obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] and metabolic syndrome interact with each other and that both have adverse effects on the prognosis of patients with ACS,” Shaoping Nie, MD, PhD, of the division of cardiology and the Center for Coronary Artery Disease at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China,