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Review
. 2015 Jul;31(7):940-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.04.013. Epub 2015 Apr 23.

Should All Congestive Heart Failure Patients Have a Routine Sleep Apnea Screening? Con

Yanru Li  1 , Lori B Daniels  2 , Patrick J Strollo Jr  3 , Atul Malhotra  4
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Should All Congestive Heart Failure Patients Have a Routine Sleep Apnea Screening? Con

Yanru Li et al. Can J Cardiol. 2015 Jul.

Abstract

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is one of the most common comorbidities in people with congestive heart failure (CHF). Although SDB has major cardiometabolic consequences, the attributable risk of SDB in asymptomatic CHF patients remains unclear. Whether early intervention using positive airway pressure would improve the prognosis in CHF patients is uncertain. As yet, there is insufficient evidence that routine polysomnography screening is cost-effective for asymptomatic CHF patients. Careful clinical risk evaluation and thoughtful use of limited-channel home sleep testing should be considered before the application of routine polysomnography in all CHF patients.

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