Sleep apnoea screening in heart failure? Not until benefit is proven!
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I n the current issue of European Respiratory Journal, in a German multicentre study, SCHULZ et al. [1] report a high frequency of sleep apnoea in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). They also state that obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is more common in patients with heart failure than previously reported. Moving into the field of cardiology, the authors suggest that sleep studies should be routinely performed in patients with CHF and left ventricular dysfunction.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 29 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007