EFFECTS OF SLEEP APNEA ON CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE: A 123MIBG SCINTIGRAPHIC STUDY

Authors :: Stefania Paolillo
Roberto Formisano
Annapaola Cirillo
Antonio Starace
Tiziana Formisano
Alice Vitagliano
Pasquale Perrone-Filardi
Fausto De Michele
Teresa Pellegrino
Giuseppe Rengo
Oriana Scala
Alberto Cuocolo
Dario Leosco
Gennaro Pagano
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (10):E730
Publisher :: American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Abstract: Sleep apnea (SA) has been reported to worsen prognosis in patients with heart failure, likely through enhanced sympathetic drive arising from nocturnal arousals. However, very few studies have evaluated the association between SA and cardiac sympathetic innervation in heart failure patients. We

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Sleep apnea
Sympathetic activity
medicine.disease
Anesthesia
Heart failure
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
In patient
Sympathetic innervation
business
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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