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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2014 Nov 18;12(1):e5–e29. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.11.011

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mechanisms linking sleep disordered breathing (SDB) with risk of AF. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) can help to reduce the burden of SDB and thus may be a useful tool in the prevention of AF, as well as the intermediate pathologic processes.