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SUBMITTER: Ponikowski P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3345560 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ponikowski Piotr P Javaheri Shahrokh S Michalkiewicz Dariusz D Bart Bradley A BA Czarnecka Danuta D Jastrzebski Marek M Kusiak Aleksander A Augostini Ralph R Jagielski Dariusz D Witkowski Tomasz T Khayat Rami N RN Oldenburg Olaf O Gutleben Klaus-Jürgen KJ Bitter Thomas T Karim Rehan R Iber Conn C Hasan Ayesha A Hibler Karl K Germany Robin R Abraham William T WT
European heart journal 20110819 7
<h4>Aims</h4>Periodic breathing with central sleep apnoea (CSA) is common in heart failure patients and is associated with poor quality of life and increased risk of morbidity and mortality. We conducted a prospective, non-randomized, acute study to determine the feasibility of using unilateral transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation for the treatment of CSA in heart failure patients.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Thirty-one patients from six centres underwent attempted transvenous lead placement. Of ...[more]