Publications by authors named "Xiaoxuan Kong"
Background: The prevalence of chronic coronary heart diseases (CHDs) increases with age in the elderly, which represents one of the top-ranked causes of death and disease burden.
Methods: This study aimed to investigate the management efficiency of telemedicine based on the remote multiparameter monitoring in elderly patients with CHD. A total of 1248 elderly patients diagnosed with CHD were enrolled.
Article Synopsis
- This study examined how common atrial fibrillation (AF) is in older patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in China, involving 1,285 participants over three years.
- It found that 9.5% of patients had AF, which increased with age but not significantly with the severity of OSA.
- The analysis identified that factors such as age, a history of alcohol consumption, chronic heart disease, diabetes, and reduced diastolic function are all linked to higher rates of AF in these patients.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and mortality in elderly patients, particularly comparing those with type 2 diabetes to those without it.
- A total of 1,113 elderly patients were monitored, with 266 (23.9%) diagnosed with OSA who also had type 2 diabetes, leading to notable findings over a 42-month follow-up period.
- Results indicated that type 2 diabetes significantly increased the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, with specific risks for unstable angina and other health complications, although there were no significant differences in overall mortality rates.
Objective: To evaluate the changes of cardiac structure and function and their risk factors in elderly patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) without cardiovascular complications.
Methods: Eighty-two elderly OSA patients without cardiovascular disease admitted between January, 2015 and October, 2016 were enrolled in this study. According to their apnea-hypopnea index (AHI, calculated as the average number of episodes of apnoea and hypopnoea per hour of sleep), the patients were divided into mild OSA group (AHI < 15) and moderate to severe OSA group (AHI ≥ 15).
Objective: To investigate the correlation between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and red cell distribution width (RDW) in elderly patients.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 311 elderly patients diagnosed with OSAS in the snoring clinic between January, 2015 and October, 2016 and 120 healthy controls without OSAS from physical examination populations in the General Hospital of PLA. The subjects were divided into control group with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) <5 (=120), mild OSAS group (AHI of 5.