[Sleep-related breathing disorders in patients with coronary heart disease].

Introduction And Aim Of Study: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) favours the development of arterial hypertension independently of body-weight and may thus have an effect on coronary heart disease (CHD). This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of OSA in patients with CHD.

Patients And Methods: From among all patients in whom left heart catheterization with coronary angiography had provided the diagnosis of coronary heart disease 50 were randomly chosen (47 men, 3 women; mean age 61 +/- 6 years) for further investigations.