A novel method for the evaluation and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in four adults with complex congenital heart disease and Fontan repairs

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-424

  Watson, Nathaniel F ^a   Bushnell, Theodore ^a   Jones, Thomas K ^b   Stout, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac index; Continuous positive airway pressure; Fontan; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 70350281537     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-009-0260-8     Document Type: Article

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