Primary pulmonary hypertension with central sleep apnea: Sudden death after bilevel positive airway pressure therapy

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 723-726

  Shiomi, T ^a   Guilleminault, C ^a   Sasanabe, R ^a   Oki, Y ^a   Hasegawa, R ^a   Otake, K ^a   Banno, K ^a   Usui, K ^a   Maekawa, M ^a   Kanayama, H ^a   Takahashi, R ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central sleep apnea; Nasal bilevel positive airway pressure; Primary pulmonary hypertension; Sleep related breathing disorders; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BERAPROST; WARFARIN;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; OBESITY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL;

EID: 0033818555     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.723     Document Type: Article

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