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Chest, Vol 94, 1298-1300, Copyright © 1988 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Cardiac failure presenting as sleep apnea. Elimination of apnea following medical management of cardiac failure

P Baylor, D Tayloe, D Owen and C Sanders
VA Medical Center, Fresno, CA.

A patient with symptoms of sleep apnea syndrome had signs of congestive cardiac failure. A sleep study fulfilled the criteria for sleep apnea. Features of Cheyne-Stokes respiration coexisted. Management of the cardiac failure by weight loss principally due to diuretic use eliminated the symptoms of sleep apnea.


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