title: Sleep and breathing in congestive heart failure.
abstract: Heart failure (HF) is one of the most prevalent and costly diseases in the United States. Sleep apnea is now recognized as a common, yet underdiagnosed, comorbidity of HF. This article discusses the unique qualities that sleep apnea has when it occurs in HF and explains the underlying pathophysiology that illuminates why sleep apnea and HF frequently occur together. The authors provide an overview of the treatment options for sleep apnea in HF and discuss the relative efficacies of these treatments.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210 Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. Electronic address: davidrosenmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Multispecialty Group, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, 85 Seymour Street, Suite 923, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
authors.forename: Francoise Joelle
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210 Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
authors.forename: Neomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D002639:Cheyne-Stokes Respiration / Q000503:physiopathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D017286:Polysomnography; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: BPAP; CPAP; Central sleep apnea; Cheyne-Stokes respiration; Heart failure; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep apnea; Sleep-disordered breathing