Sleep-disordered breathing in chronic stable heart failure

P. A. Lanfranchi and coworkers showed in a study of 62 patients that nocturnal Cheyne-Stokes respiration was an independent predictor of a poor prognosis in clinically stable patients with chronic heart failure and a left-ventricular ejection of less than 35%.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1999-08, Vol.354 (9178), p.531-532
1. Verfasser:	Lipkin, David P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiovascular disease Cheyne-Stokes Respiration - physiopathology Chronic Disease Heart Failure - physiopathology Humans Lanfranchi, P A Medical research Respiratory system Sleep Apnea Syndromes - physiopathology Sleep disorders
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Zusammenfassung:	P. A. Lanfranchi and coworkers showed in a study of 62 patients that nocturnal Cheyne-Stokes respiration was an independent predictor of a poor prognosis in clinically stable patients with chronic heart failure and a left-ventricular ejection of less than 35%.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00138-5