Auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure therapy in patients with chronic heart failure and obstructive sleep apnoea: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1221-1227

  Smith, Lindsay A ^a   Vennelle, Marjorie ^b   Gardner, Roy S ^c   McDonagh, Theresa A ^d   Denvir, Martin A ^a   Douglas, Neil J ^b   Newby, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Continuous positive airway pressure; Obstructive sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOTLAND; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548331639     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm131     Document Type: Article

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