• J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · May 2007

    Central sleep apnea, right ventricular dysfunction, and low diastolic blood pressure are predictors of mortality in systolic heart failure.

    • Shahrokh Javaheri, Rakesh Shukla, Haoyue Zeigler, and Laura Wexler.
    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, USA. Javaheri@snorenomore.com
    • J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2007 May 22;49(20):2028-34.

    ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine whether central sleep apnea (CSA) contributes to mortality in patients with heart failure (HF).BackgroundCheyne-Stokes breathing with CSA commonly occurs in patients with systolic HF. Consequences of CSA, including altered blood gases and neurohormonal activation, could result in further left ventricular dysfunction. Therefore, we hypothesized that CSA might contribute to mortality of patients with HF.MethodsWe followed 88 patients with systolic HF (left ventricular ejection fraction < or =45%) with (n = 56) or without (n = 32) CSA. The median follow-up was 51 months.ResultsThe mean (+/-SD) of apnea-hypopnea index was significantly higher in patients with CSA (34 +/- 25/h) than those without CSA (2 +/- 1/h). Most of these events were central apneas. In Cox multiple regression analysis, 3 of 24 confounding variables independently correlated with survival. The median survival of patients with CSA was 45 months compared with 90 months of those without CSA (hazard ratio = 2.14, p = 0.02). The other 2 variables that correlated with poor survival were severity of right ventricular systolic dysfunction and low diastolic blood pressure.ConclusionsIn patients with systolic HF, CSA, severe right ventricular systolic dysfunction, and low diastolic blood pressure might have an adverse effect on survival.

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