Cardiovascular consequences of sleep disordered breathing: the role of CPAP treatment

Guest Editors

“…In this ERS Monograph, we have tried to offer the reader a complete overview of the interaction between pulmonary diseases and CVDs, not only from an epidemiological point of view [1], but also from a pathophysiological [2], and more particularly, clinical and therapeutic point of view. Accordingly, after reviewing some basic concepts, the book has been divided into: firstly, each important group of respiratory diseases and their cardiopulmonary implications [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]; then to the groups of drugs most used in pulmonology and their potential cardiovascular effects [15][16][17][18][19]; and finally, to future diagnostic challenges in this field [20]. Three clinical cases have also been chosen to illustrate different situations taken from real life, in order to delve more fully into the concepts discussed in this book [21][22][23].…”