Sleep-disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Diseases

Ondřej Ludka

Keynote lecture

About author:

He completed his studies in general medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University in Brno. In 2014, he was appointed associate professor in internal medicine at the same faculty, and in 2019 he obtained a professorship. Professor Ludka works at the 1st Department of Internal Cardioangiology of theSt. Anne´s University Hospital Brno and at the Internal Cardiology Clinic of the University Hospital Brno. He is also the head doctor of the FNUSA-ICRC Sleep Centre. In January 2020,he became the Deputy Director for health care of the University Hospital Brno.
He completed research fellowship at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA and La Sapienza University in Rome.
Professor Ludka has been involved in courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University in Brno. He has acted as principal investigator or sub-investigator in more than 30 clinical trials. He is the author or co-author of 89 publications published on WoS, co-author of 6 books,with cumulative impact factor higher than 200, h-index of 12.
He is a frequent and sought-after lecturer at national as well as international scientific conferences.


Abstract of the lecture:

Pharmacological as well as non-pharmacological management of patients with cardiovascular diseases CVDs) in the Czech Republic is of a high standard.In order to optimize the care for cardiovascular patients, it is essential not only to identify and manage the conventional risk factors, but also to identify and manage the new risk factors that may affect their morbidity and mortality, but also their quality of life. These new factors include sleep disordered breathing (SDB). For cardiovascular system, sleep is a period of physiological rest and SDB causes disruptions thereof.The SDB diagnosis and treatment is, thanks to the already confirmed significance of sleep apnea (SA) as an influenceable risk factor contributing to the onset and progression of majority of CVDs, an important and rapidly developing area of cardiology. Thus, a new multidisciplinary field called “sleep cardiology”comes into existence. Sleep cardiology focuses not only on SDB, but also on other sleep disorders associated with cardiovascular system such as insomnia, sleep deprivation or circadian rhythm disorders.


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