Transvenous stimulation of the phrenic nerve for the treatment of central sleep apnoea: 12 months' experience with the remedē® System

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1386-1393

  Jagielski, Dariusz ^a   Ponikowski, Piotr ^a,b   Augostini, Ralph ^c   Kolodziej, Adam ^a   Khayat, Rami ^c   Abraham, William T ^c  

^a 4TH MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central sleep apnoea; Heart failure; Phrenic nerve stimulation; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CENTRAL APNEA INDEX; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTED PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATOR; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SOMNOLENCE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSVENOUS PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; ELECTROTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; PROCEDURES; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PHRENIC NERVE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL; SLEEP, REM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84978951902     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.593     Document Type: Article

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