Central Sleep Apnea in Patients due to Severe Aortic Stenosis
| Title: | Central Sleep Apnea in Patients due to Severe Aortic Stenosis |
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| Authors: | Christian Prinz, Thomas Bitter, Olaf Oldenburg, Lothar Faber, Dieter Horstkotte, Cornelia Piper |
| Source: | Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2010 (2010) |
| Publisher Information: | Hindawi Limited, 2010. |
| Publication Year: | 2010 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine |
| More Details: | History. We report about the course of central sleep apnea (CSA) in 3 patients (70.3±15.2 years) with severe aortic stenosis (AS) (AVA≤1.0 cm2, NYHA 2.7±1.4). Investigations. Every patient received echocardiography, left/right-heart catheterization, and cardiorespiratory polygraphy before and 6 months after surgical aortic valve replacement (without right-heart catheterization during follow up). Course. Preoperatively all patients demonstrated reduced systolic left ventricular function (EF |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1687-9627 1687-9635 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9627; https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9635 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2010/952634 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/7e180e1537584474a43ccf42bcf80d9a |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.7e180e1537584474a43ccf42bcf80d9a |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 16879627 16879635 |
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| DOI: | 10.1155/2010/952634 |
| Published in: | Case Reports in Medicine |
| Language: | English |