Sleep apnea detection by a cardiac resynchronization device integrated thoracic impedance sensor: A validation study against the gold standard polysomnography

• Fabian Barbieri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fabian Barbieri, Wolfgang Dichtl

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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• Wolfgang Dichtl ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fabian Barbieri, Wolfgang Dichtl

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wolfgang.dichtl@tirol-kliniken.at

  Affiliation University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0421-2110

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• Anna Heidbreder,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University Hospital for Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria, Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, University Hospital Münster, Germany

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• Elisabeth Brandauer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software

  Affiliation University Hospital for Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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• Ambra Stefani,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Hospital for Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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• Agne Adukauskaite,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software

  Affiliation University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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• Thomas Senoner,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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• Wilfried Schgör,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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• Florian Hintringer,

  Roles Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Hospital for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology and Angiology), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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• Birgit Högl

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Hospital for Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

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