Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During Polysomnography

Standard in-lab polysomnography (PSG) is a relatively safe, common diagnostic procedure. Few reports have flagged cardiac events during PSG, but the recent study shows that adverse events during a PSG were uncommon. Here, we present a patient with obstructive sleep apnea who had a medical emergency...

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Main Author: Ki-Hwan Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Sleep Medicine 2017-06-01
Series:Sleep Medicine Research
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Online Access:http://www.sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2017-00038.pdf
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spelling doaj-f5a2290c143848c89156800851e527592020-11-24T22:23:47ZengKorean Society of Sleep MedicineSleep Medicine Research2093-91752233-88532017-06-0181444710.17241/smr.2017.0003894Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During PolysomnographyKi-Hwan JiStandard in-lab polysomnography (PSG) is a relatively safe, common diagnostic procedure. Few reports have flagged cardiac events during PSG, but the recent study shows that adverse events during a PSG were uncommon. Here, we present a patient with obstructive sleep apnea who had a medical emergency (sustained ventricular tachycardia) during PSG.http://www.sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2017-00038.pdfPolysomnographyVentricular tachycardiaAdverse events
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author Ki-Hwan Ji
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Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During Polysomnography
Sleep Medicine Research
Polysomnography
Ventricular tachycardia
Adverse events
author_facet Ki-Hwan Ji
author_sort Ki-Hwan Ji
title Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During Polysomnography
title_short Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During Polysomnography
title_full Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During Polysomnography
title_fullStr Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During Polysomnography
title_full_unstemmed Sleep Apnea Patient with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia During Polysomnography
title_sort sleep apnea patient with sustained ventricular tachycardia during polysomnography
publisher Korean Society of Sleep Medicine
series Sleep Medicine Research
issn 2093-9175
2233-8853
publishDate 2017-06-01
description Standard in-lab polysomnography (PSG) is a relatively safe, common diagnostic procedure. Few reports have flagged cardiac events during PSG, but the recent study shows that adverse events during a PSG were uncommon. Here, we present a patient with obstructive sleep apnea who had a medical emergency (sustained ventricular tachycardia) during PSG.
topic Polysomnography
Ventricular tachycardia
Adverse events
url http://www.sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2017-00038.pdf
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