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Sleep apnea and heart failure: pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy
Apnee notturne e scompenso cardiaco: fisiopatologia, diagnosi e terapia
2010
Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia
Apnee notturne e scompenso cardiaco: fisiopatologia, diagnosi e terapia
Sleep apnea, defined as a pathologic pause in breathing during sleep >10 s, promotes the progression of chronic heart failure and may be a predictor of poor prognosis. It causes, in fact, several mechanical, hemodynamic, chemical and inflammatory changes that negatively compromise cardiovascular homeostasis of heart failure patients. Sleep apnea is recognized as sleep apnea syndrome when specific symptoms, such as sleepiness and headache during the daytime and snoring, are present and is
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