Thursday may 5 2016 healthday news people with heart pacemakers and sleep apnea are at much greater risk for a dangerous heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation a new study suggests. Sleep apnea and bradyarrhythmia. A Man With Sleep Associated Symptomatic Bradycardia I was diagnosed with sleep apnea as well and i tried to use the cpap machine for a few wks. Sleep apnea bradycardia pacemaker . Eugenia wen m d joanne bando m d. To date weight loss continuous positive airway pressure cpap oral appliances and upper airway surgery are the recommended treatments. Prior to my pm but honestly in my case it didnt make any major diffrence a little maybe but nowhere near enough to curve the end result but ya know everyones different i may have just waited to long or something. The following are key expert perspectives from the 2018 american college of cardiology american heart association heart rhythm society acc aha hrs guideline on the evaluation and management of patients...