title: Central sleep apnoea syndrome in patients with chronic heart disease: a critical review of the current literature.
abstract: The prevalence, prognosis, clinical presentation, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the central sleep apnoea syndrome (CSAS) are reviewed and its relationship with congestive heart failure (CHF) is discussed. Adequately powered trials are needed with survival and health status as end points to establish whether correction of sleep related breathing abnormalities improves the outcome in patients with CHF.
authors.affiliation: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Department for Pulmonary and Intensive Care Medicine, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Köhnlein
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Welte
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen