Literature DB >> 15211395

Cardiac changes noted within 4 years of transplant in postmortem evaluation of a patient with untreated obstructive sleep apnea.

Nancy F Fishback1, George R Wettach.   

Abstract

In this case report, the authors discuss the autopsy findings of biventricular cardiomegaly 4 years after transplantation of an otherwise normal heart in a patient who did not accept treatment for documented severe obstructive sleep apnea.

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Year:  2004        PMID: 15211395     DOI: 10.1007/s11325-004-0107-2

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Sleep Breath        ISSN: 1520-9512            Impact factor:   2.816


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1.  Tacrolimus and myocardial hypertrophy.

Authors:  Y Nakata; M Yoshibayashi; T Yonemura; S Uemoto; Y Inomata; K Tanaka; K Furusho
Journal:  Transplantation       Date:  2000-05-15       Impact factor: 4.939

Review 2.  Changes in rates of autopsy-detected diagnostic errors over time: a systematic review.

Authors:  Kaveh G Shojania; Elizabeth C Burton; Kathryn M McDonald; Lee Goldman
Journal:  JAMA       Date:  2003-06-04       Impact factor: 56.272

3.  Cardiopulmonary pathology in patients with sleep apnea/obesity hypoventilation syndrome.

Authors:  Q Ahmed; M Chung-Park; J F Tomashefski
Journal:  Hum Pathol       Date:  1997-03       Impact factor: 3.466

4.  Heart transplantation: echocardiographic assessment of morphology and function after more than 10 years of follow-up.

Authors:  Michaela Wilhelmi; Klaus Pethig; Mathias Wilhelmi; Hien Nguyen; Martin Strüber; Axel Haverich
Journal:  Ann Thorac Surg       Date:  2002-10       Impact factor: 4.330

5.  Obstructive sleep apnea in heart transplant patients. A report of five cases.

Authors:  M E Klink; G K Sethi; J G Copeland; S F Quan
Journal:  Chest       Date:  1993-10       Impact factor: 9.410

6.  Pulmonary complications in cardiac transplant recipients.

Authors:  R Lenner; M L Padilla; A S Teirstein; A Gass; G J Schilero
Journal:  Chest       Date:  2001-08       Impact factor: 9.410

7.  Long-term follow-up after total lymphoid irradiation in pediatric heart transplant recipients.

Authors:  Clifford Chin; Sharon Hunt; Robert Robbins; Richard Hoppe; Bruce Reitz; Daniel Bernstein
Journal:  J Heart Lung Transplant       Date:  2002-06       Impact factor: 10.247

8.  Asymmetric cardiac hypertrophy at autopsy in patients who received FK506 (tacrolimus) or cyclosporine A after liver transplant.

Authors:  Cory A Roberts; David L Stern; Stanley J Radio
Journal:  Transplantation       Date:  2002-09-27       Impact factor: 4.939

Review 9.  Obesity, sleep apnea, and hypertension.

Authors:  Robert Wolk; Abu S M Shamsuzzaman; Virend K Somers
Journal:  Hypertension       Date:  2003-11-10       Impact factor: 10.190

10.  Left ventricular hypertrophy is a common echocardiographic abnormality in severe obstructive sleep apnea and reverses with nasal continuous positive airway pressure.

Authors:  Tom V Cloward; James M Walker; Robert J Farney; Jeffrey L Anderson
Journal:  Chest       Date:  2003-08       Impact factor: 9.410

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1.  Resolution of sleep-disordered breathing with a biventricular assist device and recurrence after heart transplantation.

Authors:  Emmanuelle Vermes; Hortense Fonkoua; Matthias Kirsch; Thibaud Damy; Laurent Margarit; Marie-Line Hillion; Luc Hittinger; Marie-Pia d'Ortho
Journal:  J Clin Sleep Med       Date:  2009-06-15       Impact factor: 4.062

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