Heart Failure and Sleep Apnea

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 898-908

  Lyons, Owen D ^a,b   Bradley, T Douglas ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH; HEMODYNAMICS; INCIDENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84937551960     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.04.017     Document Type: Review

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