Volume 20, Number 4, December 2008
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Masafumi Furuhashi,1 Takayuki Ohno,1 Mutsuya Nomura,1 Atsushi Shinohara,1 Yoshiaki Kazaoka,1 Kenji Asai,2 Ryujiro Sasanabe,3 Toshiaki Shiomi,3 Shiro Yamada1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aichi Medical University Hospital, 2Department of Cardiology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, and 3Department of Sleep Disorders Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Aichi, Japan
Abstract
We report a 42-year-old man who was admitted to the Aichi Medical University Hospital, Aichi, Japan, following cardiac arrest and was successfully revived using an automated external defibrillator. Percutaneous catheter intervention was performed and a cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted. The patient was also diagnosed with mild obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and treated using an oral appliance. His apnoea-hypopnoea index improved from 13.5/hour to 2.7/hour following the oral appliance treatment, which was continued for more than 3 years after his discharge.
Key words: Defibrillators, Defibrillators, implantable, Heart arrest, Orthodontic appliance, Sleep apnea, obstructive
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008;20:209-214.
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