Sleep Disordered Breathing in Heart Failure

The selected abstracts below outline several recent studies in sleep disordered breathing in heart failure patients. These studies reveal that the prevalence of this disorder is high, and that the prognosis of heart failure patients with sleep disordered breathing compared to patients without this disorder is significantly worse. Small treatment trials have shown promise that treatment can make a significant improvement in prognosis. Many of these investigators are continuing their work, and several larger treatment trials are in process.

Javaheri S, Parker TJ, Liming JD, Corbett WS, Nishiyama H, Wexler L, Roselle GA:
Sin DD, Logan AG, Fitzgerald FS, Liu PP, Bradley TD:
Lanfranchi PA, Braghiroli A, Bosimini E, Mazzuero G, Colombo R, Donner CF, Giannuzzi P:
Bradley TD, Floras JS:
Javaheri S, Ahmed M, Parker TJ, with assistance of Brown CR:
Javaheri S:
Andreas S, Clemens C, Sandholzer H, Figulla HR, Kreuzer H:
Hanly PJ, Millar TW, Steljes DG, Baert R, Frais MA, Kryger MH:
William T Abraham, MD, Barbara Phillips, MD, Brian Foley, MD, Susan Harding, MD, Peter Schofield, MD,
         FRCP, John Shneerson, MA, DM, FRCP, Thomas Di Salvo, MD, M. Sci, Douglas Johnson, MD:
Donald E Jansen, Cherie L Kunik, Priya Patel, Wendy Maddox and Stephen C Frohwein:
William T Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC, Sumant Lamba, MD, Julia Osborne, RN, Shelly Selby, RN, Peggy
        Hardesty, MSN, RN, ARNP, Donald E Jansen, MPH, MD, Cherie L Kunik, MSN, RN, CS, Robin J Trupp,
         MSN, RN, ARNP:
William T Abraham, MD, Barbara Phillips, MD, Brian Foley, MD, Susan Harding, MD, Peter Schofield, MD,
        FRCP, John Shneerson, MA, DM, FRCP, Thomas Di Salvo, MD, M. Sci and Douglas Johnson, MD: