Long-term time-course of nocturnal breathing disorders in heart failure patients.

Journal article

Some important aspects of clinical manifestations of nocturnal breathing disorders in heart failure (HF) patients are still unknown. We questioned whether the severity of these disorders, first, is stable over time; secondly, shows any systematic trend; and, thirdly, can be predicted over time by a single baseline measurement. We studied 79 stable, optimally treated, moderate-to-severe HF patients who performed a monthly cardiorespiratory recording during 1-yr follow-up. According to their be...

Expand abstract

Authors: Pinna, G; Maestri, R; Mortara, A; Johnson, P; Andrews, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: European respiratory journal
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 361-367
• Publication date: 2010-02-01
• DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00066709
• EISSN: 1399-3003
• ISSN: 0903-1936
• Language: English
• Keywords: Time Factors; Humans; Respiration Disorders; Sleep; Follow-Up Studies; Respiration; Reproducibility of Results; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Middle Aged; Male; Predictive Value of Tests; Aged; Female; Heart Failure