Treatment options in Cheyne-Stokes respiration

About half of the patients suffering from heart failure present with sleep-disordered breathing. In most cases obstructive and central breathing disturbances (including Cheyne-Stokes respiration [CSR]) coexist. CSR is defined by a waxing and waning pattern of the tidal volume. While its pathophysiol...

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Main Author: Winfried J. Randerath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-12-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465810379008