Sleep apnea is linked to heart failure, but does treatment improve outcome?
One of the factors that contribute to the progressively declining course of heart failure could be sleep apnea. Whether treating sleep apnea improves the clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure needs to be tested in randomized clinical trials.
Wexler
Laura
L
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Javaheri
Shahrokh
S
D018450:Disease Progression; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome