Population
Patients with chronic heart failure
Design
Review
Key result
Sleep disordered breathing, primarily central sleep apnoea, is experienced in 50% of patients with heart failure and is a powerful predictor of poor prognosis.
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May warrant SDB screening in HF; leaves open whether targeted therapy improves outcomes.
Sleep disordered breathing, primarily central sleep apnoea, is highly prevalent (50%) in heart failure patients and serves as a powerful predictor of poor prognosis.
Rao et al. (2005) conducted a review in Chronic heart failure. Sleep disordered breathing, primarily central sleep apnoea, is experienced in 50% of patients with heart failure and is a powerful predictor of poor prognosis.