Sleep disordered breathing and its treatment in congestive heart failure.

Nocturnal onset ischemic stroke provoked by sleep-disordered breathing advanced with congestive heart failure.

R ecently, sleep-disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxia have been recognized to increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease. Kirkham et al reported that nocturnal hypoxemia was a predictor of future cerebrovascular events in sickle-cell disease. However, it remains unclear whether nocturnal hypoxemic episodes directly lead to nocturnal onset stroke, because other predisposing conditions mi...

Detection of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients Hospitalized with Congestive Heart Failure

The current prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in congestive heart failure patients treated with beta-blockers.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Although sleep disordered breathing is thought to be common in patients with systolic heart failure, prior studies are difficult to interpret due to a variety of factors including small sample sizes, referral bias to sleep laboratories among participants, lack of modern medical therapy for congestive heart failure, and the failure to use modern techniques to assess breathing su...

Relationship between sleep disorders and erectile dysfunction, depression and quality of life in male patients with systolic heart failure

Background and Purpose: Identification of the effects of sleep disturbances on the quality of life could result in proper treatment of patients with heart failure. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep disorders and erectile dysfunction, depression and quality of life in male patients with systolic heart failure. Methods: This correlational study was conducted on 100...

Treatment of central sleep apnoea in congestive heart failure with nasal ventilation.

Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) is common in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). This characteristic crescendo-decrescendo pattern of breathing is often seen during sleep in patients with CHF and is a form of central sleep apnoea. Disordered nocturnal breathing leads to oxygen desaturation, poor sleep quality, and altered sleep architecture. These features may lead to complaints of da...