Implications of revised AASM rules on scoring apneic and hypopneic respiratory events in patients with heart failure with nocturnal Cheyne-Stokes respiration

• Published in: Sleep & breathing Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 489 - 494
• Main Authors: Heinrich, Jessica, Spießhöfer, Jens, Bitter, Thomas, Horstkotte, Dieter, Oldenburg, Olaf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cheyne-Stokes Respiration - classification; Cheyne-Stokes Respiration - diagnosis; Cohort Studies; Dentistry; Female; Germany; Heart failure; Heart Failure - classification; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurology; Original Article; Otorhinolaryngology; Oxygen - blood; Pediatrics; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Polysomnography - classification; Polysomnography - methods; Prognosis; Respiration; Respiratory system; Sleep apnea; Sleep Apnea, Central - classification; Sleep Apnea, Central - diagnosis; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - classification; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis; Germany; Cheyne-Stokes respiration; Heart failure; Apnea; AASM 2007 scoring rules; AASM 2012 scoring rules; Apnea-hypopnea index; Scoring; Hypopnea; Sleep-disordered breathing; Hypopnea index; Guidelines

Study objectives This study investigated the implications of the revised scoring rules of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) in patients with heart failure (HF) with Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR). Methods Ninety-one patients (NYHA ≥II, LVEF ≤45 %; age 73.6 ± 11.3 years old; 81 male subj...