Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Central Sleep Apnea and Pulmonary Hypertension Worsened during Treatment with Auto-CPAP, but Improved by Adaptive Servo-Ventilation

In this 71-year-old man diagnosed as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome initially, the apnea-hypopnea index in polysomnography was 31.3/hour. He started auto-adjusted continuous positive airway pressure (auto-CPAP) treatment in July 2005 but developed congestive heart failure in December 2007. Pulmona...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2010, Vol.49(5), pp.415-421
Hauptverfasser:	Ono, Hiroshi, Fujimoto, Hiroyuki, Kobayashi, Yoshinori, Kudoh, Shoji, Gemma, Akihiko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) Aged auto-adjusted continuous positive airway pressure (auto-CPAP) central sleep apnea Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - adverse effects Heart Failure - etiology Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - complications Hypertension, Pulmonary - therapy Male Polysomnography pulmonary hypertension sleep apnea syndrome Sleep Apnea, Central - complications Sleep Apnea, Central - therapy Treatment Failure Treatment Outcome Ventilators, Mechanical
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