Impact of pericardiectomy on exercise capacity and sleep of patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis.

Impact of pericardiectomy on exercise capacity and sleep of patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis.

<h4>Background</h4>Heart failure is associated with exercise intolerance and sleep- disordered breathing; however, studies in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis are scarce. The purpose of our study was to assess exercise capacity and sleep in patients with chronic constricti...

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Main Authors: Dirceu Thiago Pessoa de Melo, Flavia Baggio Nerbass, Ana Luiza Carrari Sayegh, Francis Ribeiro de Souza, Viviane Tiemi Hotta, Vera Maria Curi Salemi, Félix José Alvarez Ramires, Ricardo Ribeiro Dias, Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, Charles Mady, Fábio Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223838

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223838

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