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01.02.2014 | Main topic
Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome due to patent foramen ovale
An unusual cause of Cheyne–Stokes respiration
verfasst von:
Dr. T. Bitter, L. Faber, W. Scholz, H. Fox, C. Prinz, D. Horstkotte, O. Oldenburg
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Cheyne–Stokes respiration (CSR) is characterized by recurrent at least three central apneas and/or hypopneas during sleep with a crescendo-decrescendo pattern of tidal volumes [
1,
2,
3]. A high coincidence has been demonstrated with either systolic or diastolic heart failure [
4,
5,
6]. It has also been shown that CSR is associated with poor prognosis and an increased risk for malignant arrhythmias [
7,
8]. …