… In a prospective study of 81 ambulatory patients with treated, stable heart failure due to
systolic dysfunction, my colleagues and I found that about 40 percent of the patients had …

… failure (CHF), 1 … and waning hyperventilation interspersed with central apneas or hypopneas.
It has … of anti-heart failure therapy and improvement in heart function over several weeks. …

… However, until a clearer picture emerges of how treatment of sleep apnea influences
cardiovascular outcomes, polysomnography should be reserved for those patients with the highest …

… Sleep-disordered breathing is broadly classified into 2 types: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
and central sleep apnea (… : a novel treatment for Cheyne-Stokes respiration in heart failure". …

… Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a common … with heart failure (HF). Prevalence of the
most common subtypes of SDB, central sleep apnea (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), …

… to those found in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome) … central sleep apnea-hypopnea
syndrome, as opposed to obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, a distinct sleep …

… -term treatment of central sleep apnea with the use of CPAP in patients who have heart failure
and are receiving optimal medical therapy reduces the combined rates of death and heart …

… central sleep apnea are common in heart failure, and may participate in its progression by
exposing the heart … Treatment of sleep apnea in patients with heart failure may reverse these …

… Importantly, CPAP treatment reduced the central AHI by only about 50% (from about 40
to 20 events per hour) and, while only 15% of subjects dropped out of the study, the mean …

… quality of life in patients with heart failure and central sleep apnea. Controlled trials
evaluating the impact of this therapy on mortality/heart failure hospitalizations and “real world” …