Background: Exercise oscillatory ventilation (EOV) is a common pattern of breathing in heart failure (HF) patients, and indicates a poor prognosis. Aim: To investigate the effects of adaptive servoventilation (ASV) on ventilatory response during exercise. Methods: We studied 39 HF patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) £ 45. Cardiorespiratory polygraphy, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), echocardiography, and measurement of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration were performed. Twenty patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration and apnoea–hypopnoea index (AHI) ≥ 15/h were identified. Of these, 11 patients were successfully titrated on ASV and continued therapy. In the third mo...
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a new method for the treatment of aort...
Introduction. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with or without resynchronisation ther...
Introduction. Myocarditis is a challenging diagnosis due to the heterogeneity of clinical presentati...
Background: Exercise oscillatory ventilation (EOV) is a common pattern of breathing in heart failure...
Background: The concept of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is based on biventricular pacing ...
Introduction. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) affects approximately 2–12% of the general population...
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in a significant proportion of patients treated with...
An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney ...
Introduction. Despite recent advances in diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of cardiovascular d...
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) may cause electrical and structural atrial remodelling, leading...
Background: QRS complex fragmentations can frequently be seen on routine ECG with narrow or wide QRS...
Introduction. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) with dipyridamole is an accepted method for as...
Background: Gradual impairment of exercise tolerance is the commonest sign of heart failure (HF). Li...
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a new method for the treatment of aort...
Introduction. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with or without resynchronisation ther...
Introduction. Myocarditis is a challenging diagnosis due to the heterogeneity of clinical presentati...
Background: Exercise oscillatory ventilation (EOV) is a common pattern of breathing in heart failure...
Background: The concept of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is based on biventricular pacing ...
Introduction. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) affects approximately 2–12% of the general population...
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in a significant proportion of patients treated with...
An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney ...
Introduction. Despite recent advances in diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of cardiovascular d...
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) may cause electrical and structural atrial remodelling, leading...
Background: QRS complex fragmentations can frequently be seen on routine ECG with narrow or wide QRS...
Introduction. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) with dipyridamole is an accepted method for as...
Background: Gradual impairment of exercise tolerance is the commonest sign of heart failure (HF). Li...
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a new method for the treatment of aort...
Introduction. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with or without resynchronisation ther...
Introduction. Myocarditis is a challenging diagnosis due to the heterogeneity of clinical presentati...