A CASE OF MITRAL REGURGITATION WHOSE NOCTURNAL PERIODIC BREATHING WASIMPROVED AFTER MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT

Authors
YASUMA F HAYASHI H NODA S TSUZUKI M TANAKA M OKADA T
Citation
F. Yasuma et al., A CASE OF MITRAL REGURGITATION WHOSE NOCTURNAL PERIODIC BREATHING WASIMPROVED AFTER MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT, Japanese Heart Journal, 36(2), 1995, pp. 267-272
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Japanese Heart Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00214868
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
267 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-4868(1995)36:2<267:ACOMRW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Nocturnal periodic breathing (PB) is often observed in patients with c ongestive heart failure (CHF). We investigated the sleep architecture polysomnographically in a 54-year-old man with CHF due to mitral regur gitation before and after surgical treatment. We found that the overni ght frequency of central dominant sleep apnea decreased from 154 to 56 , and the lowest nocturnal oxygen saturation increased from 66% to 85% postoperatively. These improvements in the manifestations of PB might be attributed to the improved hemodynamics after successful valve rep lacement.