Objectives : This study investigated the clinical correlates and prognostic value of depressed
baroreceptor-heart rate reflex sensitivity (BRS) among patients with heart failure (HF), with …

Objectives : We sought to assess applicability, clinical correlates, and prognostic value of
the transfer function method for measuring baroreflex sensitivity (TF-BRS). Background : …

Aims Obstructive ( OSA ) and central sleep apnoea ( CSA ) are a common comorbidity in
patients with heart failure. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the impact of …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Nocturnal cardiac arrhythmias occur in patients with obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA), reportedly as a consequence of the autonomic effects of recurrent …

Background: Periodic Breathing (PB, waxing and waning of tidal volume in which
hyperventilation alternates with periods of apnoea or hypopnoea), is common during sleep and …

Objectives No studies have compared the prognostic values of invasive (phenylephrine, Phe)
and noninvasive (transfer function) assessments of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). Methods …

Purpose Portable polysomnography (PSG) and cardiorespiratory polygraphy are increasingly
being used in the assessment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in heart failure patients…

Background Portable sleep apnea monitors are often used to screen for sleep-disordered
breathing in chronic heart failure patients (CHF), but night-to-night repeatability of obtained …

It is proven that music listening can have a therapeutic impact in many clinical fields. However,
to assume a curative value, musical stimuli should have a therapeutic logic. This study …

Study Objectives. Arousals from sleep during the hyperpneic phases of Cheyne-Stokes
respiration with central sleep apnea (CSR-CSA) in patients with heart failure are thought to …