SLEEP APNOEA HYPOPNOEA SYNDROME - A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF GRAFT FAILURE FOLLOWING HEART-TRANSPLANTATION/

Authors
NKERE UU HALL MCS CORRIS PA
Citation
Uu. Nkere et al., SLEEP APNOEA HYPOPNOEA SYNDROME - A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF GRAFT FAILURE FOLLOWING HEART-TRANSPLANTATION/, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 13(2), 1998, pp. 203-205
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10107940
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
203 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-7940(1998)13:2<203:SAHS-A>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 54-year-old man presented 54 months after a successful heart transpl ant with cor pulmonale secondary to obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS). This unusual cause of reversible graft failure follo wing heart transplantation is presented in this case report. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.