Prejbisz Aleksander, Kołodziejczyk-Kruk Sylwia, Lenders Jacques W M, Januszewicz Andrzej
Department of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Horm Metab Res. 2017 Dec;49(12):969-976. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-122887. Epub 2017 Dec 4.
It has been suggested that the high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in resistant hypertension (RHT) may be related to the high prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) in patients with RHT. It has been also hypothesized that the relationship between aldosterone and OSA might be bidirectional. In patients with RHT, it has been shown that aldosterone levels correlate with severity of OSA and that blockade of aldosterone reduces the severity of OSA. It has been postulated that aldosterone worsens OSA by promoting accumulation of fluid, which shifted in the supine position to the neck, contributes to increased upper airway resistance. Also there is growing data that PA is more frequent in patients with OSA and that the treatment of PA positively influences OSA course. Also in some studies it has been shown that patients with OSA are characterized by higher aldosterone levels and higher prevalence of PA than patients without OSA and that causal treatment of OSA might decrease aldosterone levels. Moreover, the recent guideline of the Endocrine Society on management of PA recommends to screen hypertensive patients with OSA for PA.
有人提出,顽固性高血压(RHT)患者中阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停(OSA)的高患病率可能与RHT患者中原发性醛固酮增多症(PA)的高患病率有关。也有人推测醛固酮与OSA之间的关系可能是双向的。在RHT患者中,已表明醛固酮水平与OSA的严重程度相关,并且醛固酮的阻断可降低OSA的严重程度。据推测,醛固酮通过促进液体蓄积而使OSA恶化,这些液体在仰卧位时转移至颈部,导致上气道阻力增加。此外,越来越多的数据表明,OSA患者中PA更为常见,并且PA的治疗对OSA病程有积极影响。在一些研究中还表明,与无OSA的患者相比,OSA患者的特征是醛固酮水平更高且PA患病率更高,并且OSA的病因治疗可能会降低醛固酮水平。此外,内分泌学会最近关于PA管理的指南建议对患有OSA的高血压患者进行PA筛查。