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Cardiovascular effects of continuous positive airway pressure in patients with heart failure and obstructive sleep apnea.
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea subjects the failing heart to adverse hemodynamic and adrenergic loads and may thereby contribute to the progression of heart failure. We hypothesized that treatment of obstructive sleep apnea by continuous positive airway pressure in patients with heart failure would improve left ventricular systolic function.