title: Effective treatment of congestive heart failure using adaptive servo-ventilation in an end-stage renal disease patient on hemodialysis.
abstract: A 61-year-old man who was being treated with hemodialysis (HD) for end-stage renal disease presented with symptoms of severe congestive heart failure (CHF). Removing excess intravascular fluid during HD was difficult due to the patient's chronic hypotension induced by severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. The application of adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) increased the patient's cardiac output and blood pressure during HD, thus resulting in the effective removal of excess intravascular fluid. Therefore, ASV may be effective for treating CHF in HD patients with LV dysfunction and chronic hypotension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology and Neurology, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: Kazufumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagahama
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goya
authors.forename: Shoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamazato
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikemiyagi
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohshiro
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinzato
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higashiuesato
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiki
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasu
authors.forename: Kunitoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iseki
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohya
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*