title: Ventricular assist devices and sleep-disordered breathing.
abstract: Congestive heart failure is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States, and left ventricular assist devices have revolutionized treatment of end-stage heart failure. Given that sleep apnea results in significant morbidity in these patients with advanced heart failure, practicing sleep physicians need to have an understanding of left ventricular assist devices. In this review, we summarize what is known about ventricular assist devices as they relate to sleep medicine.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Bindu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akkanti
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: Richard.J.Castriotta@uth.tmc.edu.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Castriotta
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Pavani
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sayana
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nunez
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Indranee
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rajapreyar
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Sriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Ruckshanda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Majid
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Central sleep apnea; Complex sleep apnea; Congestive heart failure; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep-disordered breathing; Ventricular assist device