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Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a public health problem which affects >2% of the adult population, with high morbidity, mortality, and financial cost. Sleep apnea, prevalent in >50% of patients with CHF, can aggravate vital prognosis due to worsening of heart failure. It is considered that a decrease in the apnea–hypopnea load may improve outcomes for those patients. Nocturnal non invasive ventilation...
Purpose This paper studies the short- and long-term effects of nocturnal oxygen therapy (NOT) on sleep apnea in chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods We enrolled 51 adults in New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart failure functional classes II or III, ≤45 % left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), in a randomized, open, single-center study. Nocturnal cardiorespiratory polygraphy showed...
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