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01.02.2014 | Main topic
Effects of unilateral phrenic nerve stimulation on tidal volume
First case report of a patient responding to remede® treatment for nocturnal Cheyne–Stokes respiration
verfasst von:
PD Dr. O. Oldenburg, T. Bitter, H. Fox, D. Horstkotte, K.-J. Gutleben
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Herz
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Ausgabe 1/2014
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Excerpt
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a highly prevalent comorbidity in patients with heart failure [
1,
2]. Depending on the severity of heart failure, an increasing number of these patients will develop central sleep apnea with Cheyne–Stokes respiration (see review in this issue of
HERZ) [
3,
4]. However, any type of SDB—obstructive or central sleep apnea including Cheyne-Stokes respiration—is accompanied by an impaired prognosis [
5,
6,
7,
8]. …