Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) exposes the cardiovascular system to intermittent hypoxia,
oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, exaggerated negative intrathoracic pressure …

Central sleep apnoea (CSA)–the temporary absence or diminution of ventilatory effort during
sleep–is seen in a variety of forms including periodic breathing in infancy and healthy adults …

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Sleep Apnea Definitions Task Force
reviewed the current rules for scoring respiratory events in the 2007 AASM Manual for the …

Background—Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea are common in
patients with heart failure. We hypothesized that in such patients, severity of OSA is related …

Introduction Both types of sleep‐disordered breathing (SDB), obstructive and central sleep
apnoea (OSA and CSA, respectively), are common in patients with heart failure and reduced …

Abstract The 2011 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure (HF) Guidelines Focused
Update reviews the recently published clinical trials that will potentially impact on …

Background The emergence of central sleep apnea (CSA) during positive airway pressure
(PAP) therapy has been observed clinically in approximately 10% of obstructive sleep …

Heart failure and sleep disordered breathing (SDB) are two common conditions that
frequently overlap and have been studied extensively in the past three decades. Obstructive …

Rationale: Patients with heart failure (HF) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration or periodic
breathing (PB) often demonstrate improved cardiac function when treatment with continuous …

The recent online publication of the SERVE-HF trial that evaluated the effect of treating
central sleep apnea (CSA) with an adaptive servoventilation (ASV) device in patients with …