Association of Cheyne–Stokes respiration and cardiac cachexia in congestive heart failure
Abstract In patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) cachexia as well as Cheyne–Stokes respiration (CSR) are well known disorders. The relationship between CSR and cardiac cachexia however, remains unclear so far. Clinical as well as full-night polysomnographic data from 12 cachectic patients we...
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Published in | International journal of cardiology Vol. 142; no. 3; pp. 298 - 300 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
23.07.2010
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Summary: | Abstract In patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) cachexia as well as Cheyne–Stokes respiration (CSR) are well known disorders. The relationship between CSR and cardiac cachexia however, remains unclear so far. Clinical as well as full-night polysomnographic data from 12 cachectic patients were compared to 13 non-cachectic patients with CHF. The non-cachectic patients did not differ significantly in age (57.3 ± 11.6 vs 64.8 ± 14.5 years), body mass index (26.4 ± 4.0 vs 25.2 ± 3.2 kg mˉ 2 ) or ejection fraction (21.8 ± 5 vs 23.3 ± 7%) from cachectic patients. The weight loss was 2.1 ± 2.3 kg in non-cachectic vs 11.5 ± 2.7 kg in cachectic patients ( p < 0.0001). A significant difference was detected for the prevalence CSR (5 vs 10 patients, p < 0.03). In this study a high prevalence of sleep breathing disorders, in particular of CSR in CHF patients with cachexia was detected. |
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Bibliography: | SourceType-Other Sources-1 ObjectType-Article-2 content type line 63 ObjectType-Correspondence-1 |
ISSN: | 0167-5273 1874-1754 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.118 |