• Eur. J. Heart Fail. · May 2013

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Impact of adaptive servo-ventilation on cardiovascular function and prognosis in heart failure patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction and sleep-disordered breathing.

    • Akiomi Yoshihisa, Satoshi Suzuki, Takayoshi Yamaki, Koichi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Kunii, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Hitoshi Suzuki, Shu-ichi Saitoh, and Yasuchika Takeishi.
    • Department of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan. yoshihis@fmu.ac.jp
    • Eur. J. Heart Fail. 2013 May 1; 15 (5): 543-50.

    AimsEffective pharmacotherapy for heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) is still unclear. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) causes cardiovascular dysfunction, giving rise to factors involved in HFpEF. However, it remains unclear whether adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) improves cardiovascular function and long-term prognosis of patients with HFpEF and SDB.Methods And ResultsThirty-six patients with HFpEF (LVEF >50%) and moderate to severe SDB (apnoea-hypopnoea index >15/h) were enrolled. Study subjects (LVEF 56.0%, apnoea-hypopnoea index 36.5/h) were randomly assigned to two groups: 18 patients treated with medications and ASV (ASV group) and 18 patients not treated with ASV (non-ASV group). NYHA class, cardiac function including LVEF, left atrial volume index (LAVI), E/E', vascular function including flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), and levels of BNP and troponin T were determined at baseline and 6 months later. Patients were followed to register cardiac events after enrolment (follow-up 543 days). ASV therapy improved cardiac diastolic function and decreased CAVI and BNP (NYHA class, 2.3 to 1.5; LAVI, 48.6 to 42.6 mL/m(2); E/E', 12.8 to 7.1; CAVI, 9.0 to 7.7; BNP, 121.5 to 58.1 pg/mL, P < 0.0125, respectively). LVEF, FMD, and troponin T did not change significantly in either group. Importantly, the event-free rate was significantly higher in the ASV group than in the non-ASV group (94.4% vs. 61.1%, log-rank P < 0.05).ConclusionASV may improve the prognosis of HFpEF patients with SDB, with favourable effects such as improvement of symptoms, cardiac diastolic function, and arterial stiffness. ASV may be a useful therapeutic tool for HFpEF patients with SDB.

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