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Sleep and Circadian Disturbance in Cardiovascular Risk

  • Psychological Aspects of Cardiovascular Diseases (IM Kronish, Section Editor)
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Abstract

Purpose of Review

We discuss the relationship between sleep and circadian factors with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, including physiologic, behavioral, and psychological mechanisms along this pathway.

Recent Findings

The relationship between short and long sleep duration, as well as insomnia, with CVD risk is well-established. Recent work has highlighted how other sleep factors, such as sleep regularity (i.e., consistency of sleep timing), multidimensional sleep health, and circadian factors like chronotype and social jetlag, relate to CVD risk. Sleep-focused interventions (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and sleep extension) may be effective to reduce CVD risk and disease burden.

Summary

Sleep is increasingly recognized as an integral component of cardiovascular health. This was underscored by the recent inclusion of sleep duration as a health behavior in the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 for defining optimal cardiovascular health.

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JB is supported by a training grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences TL1-TR001875. NM is supported by NHLBI grant R00HL148511 and American Heart Association Grant #21CDA855050. AS is supported by NHLBI grants R01HL141494, R01HL157341, and R01HL146911.

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Belloir, J., Makarem, N. & Shechter, A. Sleep and Circadian Disturbance in Cardiovascular Risk. Curr Cardiol Rep 24, 2097–2107 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-022-01816-z

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