| Literature DB >> 19960647 |
Emmanuelle Vermes1, Hortense Fonkoua, Matthias Kirsch, Thibaud Damy, Laurent Margarit, Marie-Line Hillion, Luc Hittinger, Marie-Pia d'Ortho.
Abstract
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is common in chronic heart failure. Both obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and central sleep apnea with periodic Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSA-CSR) can occur. CSA-CSR is believed to correlate with heart function. Little information exists about the impact of mechanical assist devices and heart transplantation on SDB in patients with end-stage heart failure. Here, we describe, for the first time, the effects on SDB of a biventricular external assist device and of heart transplantation used successively in the same patient.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19960647 PMCID: PMC2699171
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Sleep Med ISSN: 1550-9389 Impact factor: 4.062