Reference:
Ma Y, Sun S., Zhang M. et al. Electrocardiogram-based sleep analysis for sleep apnea screening and diagnosis. Sleep Breath (2019). DOI: 10.1007/s11325- 019-01874-8
Objectives:
Despite the increasing number of research studies of cardiopulmonary coupling (CPC) analysis, an electrocardiogram-based technique, the use of CPC in underserved population remains underexplored. This study aimed to first evaluate the reliability of CPC analysis for the detection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by comparing with polysomnography (PSG)-derived sleep outcomes.
Conclusions:
The overall sensitivity and specificity of CPC when compared to the Respiratory Event Index (REI) were good.
Practical Significance:
Compared with the gold standard PSG, CPC approach yielded acceptable results among OSA patients. ECG recording can be used for the screening or diagnosis of OSA in the general population.
