TY - JOUR T1 - Sleep Apnea: Implications in Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2nd Edition. JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW SP - 213 LP - 213 DO - 10.1183/09059180.10021311 VL - 20 IS - 121 AU - P. Escourrou Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/20/121/213.abstract N2 - T.D. Bradley, J.S. Floras. Informa Healthcare, UK. 396. £182.00/€205.00. 978-0849341502.This second edition of this book, the first edition of which was published in 2000, is an important event in the series of monographs on sleep which started 25 years ago with the seminal volume “Sleep and Breathing”, edited by N.A. Saunders and C.E. Sullivan.The first edition set the scene for forthcoming discoveries on the cardiovascular consequences of sleep apnoea, and numerous studies have confronted this relationship in the 10 years since. The editors remain guided by “the concern that cardiovascular turmoil triggered by sleep-related breathing disorders may participate in the initiation or progression of common and debilitating conditions such as heart failure, hypertension, stroke, arrhythmias and nocturnal angina”.Indeed, it is now evident that the public health burden of the association of sleep disorders and cardiovascular diseases is significant and is growing due to an ageing and increasingly obese population. Nevertheless, until recently … ER -