ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Improves Physical Performance and Hypoxemia in Heart Failure Patients with Central Sleep Apnea.
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- The 2025 American Academy of Sleep Medicine Central Sleep Apnoea Guidelines and the Heart Failure Patient.Cardiac failure review · 2026Review
- Bridge over troubled water: A novel application of an occlusion balloon in phrenic nerve stimulator implantation.HeartRhythm case reports · 2026Article
- Revisiting Transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulation in Central Sleep Apnoea and Heart Failure: Emerging Innovations in Clinical Trials Analysis.Cardiac failure review · 2025Review
- Phrenic Nerve Stimulation for Central Sleep Apnoea: When and Why?Cardiac failure review · 2025Review
- Transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulation for Central Sleep Apnea: Clinical and Billing Review.Chest · 2022Review
- Brazilian Thoracic Association Consensus on Sleep-disordered Breathing.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2022Article
- ATS Core Curriculum 2021. Adult Sleep Medicine: Sleep Apnea.ATS scholar · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCentral sleep apnea (CSA) is a common comorbidity in patients with heart failure (HF) and has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality risk. In addition, CSA is associated with impaired quality of life, reduced physical performance capacity, and hypoxemia. Phrenic nerve stimulation (PNS) is a novel approach to the treatment of CSA and has been shown to be safe and effective in this indication. However, there are currently no data on the effects of PNS on physical performance and hypoxia in CSA HF patients, both of which have been shown to be linked to mortality in HF.
methodsThis prospective study enrolled patients with HF and CSA diagnosed using polysomnography. All were implanted with a PNS system (remedē
resultsA total of 24 patients were enrolled (mean age 67.1 ± 11.2 years, 88% male). The 6-min walk distance was 369.5 ± 163.5 m at baseline and significantly improved during follow-up (to 410 ± 169.7 m;
conclusionIn addition to safely and effectively treating CSA, PNS is also associated with improved physical performance capacity and reduced hypoxemic burden in patients with HF.
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