Effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy on sleep-disordered breathing in patients with systolic heart failure

• Authors: KÁRA Tomáš; NOVÁK Miroslav; NYKODÝM Jiří; BYBEE KA; MELUZÍN Jaroslav; ORBAN Marek; LIPOLDOVÁ Jolana; NOVÁKOVÁ Zuzana; HAYES DL; SOUČEK Miroslav; VÍTOVEC Jiří; SOMERS VK
• Year of publication: 2004
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Circulation
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
• Keywords: systolic heart failure; cardiac resynchronization therapy; sleep disordered breathing
• Description: We evaluated the short-term effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on sleep apnea in patients with systolic heart failure. BACKGROUND: Sleep-disordered breathing is common in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: CRT reduces CSA severity in the short term. This reduction correlated significantly with the CRT-mediated reduction of mitral regurgitation.