Elsevier, Heart Rhythm, 3(9), p. 321-327, 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.10.017
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BACKGROUND: There is a known association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and atrial fibrillation (AF); however, how OSA affects the atrial myocardium is not well described. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients with OSA have an abnormal atrial substrate. METHODS: Forty patients undergoing ablation of paroxysmal AF and in sinus rhythm (20 with OSA [apnea-hypopnea index ≥ 15] and 20 reference patients with no OSA [apnea-hypopnea index