[Improvement of central sleep disordered breathing with severe congestive heart failure by biventricular pacing therapy: a case report].
A 74-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy was repeatedly admitted for congestive heart failure. His left ventricular ejection fraction was 21% and diastolic left ventricular dimension was 73.5mm by echocardiography. He was treated with biventricular pacing and heart failure improved from New York Heart Association class III to II. Before the treatment, brain natriuretic peptide was 600.5 pg/ml. Apnea hypopnea index was 23.8 and all events were central type. After biventricular pacing, apnea hypopnea index was improved to 21.9 after 11 days, 14.0 after 33 days, and 4.8 after 48 days. His left ventricular ejection fraction was 36%, diastolic left ventricular dimension was 71.4mm, and brain natriuretic peptide was 383.8 pg/ml. In this patient, central sleep disordered breathing was improved by biventricular pacing therapy after only 48 days.
Department of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Hospital, Fukuura 3-9, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004. koheimat@ya2.so-net.ne.jp
Kohei
K
Matsushita
Toshiyuki
T
Ishikawa
Shinichi
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Sumita
Tsukasa
T
Kobayashi
Hideyuki
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Ogawa
Noriko
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Inoue
Katsumi
K
Matsumoto
Minoru
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Taima
Ichiro
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Nakazawa
Teruyasu
T
Sugano
Tomoaki
T
Ishigami
Kazuaki
K
Uchino
Kazuo
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Kimura
Satoshi
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Umemura
D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020182:Sleep Apnea, Central / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*