Obstructive sleep apnoea: longer respiratory event lengths in patients with heart failure

C Efken, T Bitter, N Prib, D Horstkotte… - European Respiratory …, 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This study investigated the effect of heart failure on respiratory patterns in patients with
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). 39 patients with established OSA (apnoea/hypopnoea index (…

[HTML][HTML] Trilevel adaptive servoventilation for the treatment of central and mixed sleep apnea in chronic heart failure patients

…, T Bitter, B Wellmann, T Fischbach, C Efken… - Sleep Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with heart failure (HF) is of
major prognostic impact, though treatment of simultaneously occurring central and mixed …

Heterogenous haemodynamic effects of adaptive servoventilation therapy in sleeping patients with heart failure and Cheyne–Stokes respiration compared to healthy …

J Spießhöfer, H Fox, R Lehmann, C Efken, J Heinrich… - Heart and vessels, 2016 - Springer
This study investigated the haemodynamic effects of adaptive servoventilation (ASV) in heart
failure (HF) patients with Cheyne–Stokes respiration (CSR) versus healthy controls. Twenty-…

Respiratory effects of adaptive servoventilation therapy in patients with heart failure and Cheyne-Stokes respiration compared to healthy volunteers

J Spießhöfer, J Heinrich, R Lehmann, C Efken, H Fox… - Respiration, 2015 - karger.com
Background: Nocturnal adaptive servoventilation (ASV) therapy is now frequently used to
treat Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR), which is highly prevalent in patients with moderate-to-…

[HTML][HTML] Validation of blood pressure monitoring using pulse transit time in heart failure patients with Cheyne–Stokes respiration undergoing adaptive servoventilation …

J Spießhöfer, J Heinrich, T Bitter, C Efken… - Sleep and …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Using pulse transit time (PTT) and an ECG appears to be a promising alternative for
invasive or noninvasive monitoring of blood pressure (BP). This study assessed the validity …

Changes in sleep‐disordered breathing cycle lengths mirror changes in cardiac function in a patient with heart failure

J Spießhöfer, J Heinrich, C Efken… - Sleep and Biological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A case study of a female patient with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction diagnosed
with mild obstructive sleep apnea ( OSA ) is presented. The patient had an episode of …

Cycle lengths of obstructive and central respiratory events as a marker of cardiac function in heart failure patients with sleep-disordered breathing

O Oldenburg, T Bitter, J Wedewardt, C Efken… - … of Japanese Society …, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) represents a highly prevalent co-morbidity in heart
failure (HF) patients. In symptomatic stable HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), …

The heterogeneity of obstructive sleep apnoea: Congestion leads to longer respiratory cycle lengths in heart failure

C Efken, T Bitter, B Körber, K Bullert, D Horstkotte… - 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
It is controversial if heart failure (HF) can influence obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) per se.
Previous studies documented increased cycle lengths (CL), ventilation lengths (VL), and …

Different effects of adaptive servoventilation therapy in awake and asleep heart failure patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration and healthy volunteers

J Spießhöfer, J Heinrich, C Efken, R Lehmann, T Bitter… - 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) in heart failure (HF) is characterized by chronic hyperventilation
with low-normal to depressed pCO 2 . Adaptive servoventilation therapy (ASV) was …

Acute hemodynamic effects of a therapy with adaptive servoventilation in patients with heart failure compared to healthy volunteers

J Spießhöfer, J Heinrich, R Lehmann, C Efken… - 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Purpose: Adaptive Servoventilation (ASV) allows for effective treatment of nocturnal Cheyne-Stokes
respiration in heart failure (HF) patients, but acute hemodynamic effects of such …