The effect of heart transplantation on Cheyne-Stokes respiration associated with congestive heart failure.
Cheyne-Stokes respiration occasionally accompanies the terminal stages of congestive heart failure. We describe this association in a patient requiring heart transplantation. The gradual abatement of Cheyne-Stokes respiration after transplantation supports the delayed circulatory time theory as the mechanism for Cheyne-Stokes respiration in these patients.
Murdock
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DK
Lawless
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Loeb
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Scanlon
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Pifarré
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D002639:Cheyne-Stokes Respiration / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*