Arrhythmia risk associated with sleep disordered breathing in chronic heart failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-97

  Mehra, Reena ^a   Redline, Susan ^b,c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Adaptive servoventilation; Apnea hypopnea index; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic dysfunction; Cardiac resynchonization therapy; Central sleep apnea; Cheyne stokes respirations; Continuous positive airway pressure; Heart failure; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oxygen; Phrenic nerve stimulation; Polysomnography; Renal sympathetic denervation; Sleep disordered breathing; Sudden cardiac death; Theophylline; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUID SHIFT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; PHRENIC NERVE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THORAX PRESSURE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84896703584     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-013-0171-7     Document Type: Article

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