Sleep apnea in congestive heart failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Brisco, Meredith A ^a   Goldberg, Lee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular disease; Congestive heart failure; Continuous positive airway pressure; Coronary artery disease; Hypertension; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pulmonary hypertension; Sleep disordered breathing; Sudden cardiac death; Sympathetic nerve activity; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

BRADYCARDIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANOXIA; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 78649710388     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-010-0033-5     Document Type: Review

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