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[Improvement of central sleep disordered breathing with severe congestive heart failure by biventricular pacing therapy: a case report].
Kohei Matsushita, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Shinichi Sumita, Tsukasa Kobayashi, Hideyuki Ogawa, Noriko Inoue, Katsumi Matsumoto, Minoru Taima, Ichiro Nakazawa, Teruyasu Sugano, Tomoaki Ishigami, Kazuaki Uchino, Kazuo Kimura, Satoshi Umemura
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Abstract
A 74-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy was repeatedly admitted for congestive heart failure. His left ventricular ejection fraction was 21% and diastolic left ventricular dimension was 73.5mm by echocardiography. He was treated with biventricular pacing and heart failure improved from New York Heart Association class III to II. Before the treatment, brain natriuretic peptide was 600.5 pg/ml. Apnea hypopnea index was 23.8 and all events were central type. After biventricular pacing, apnea hypopnea index was improved to 21.9 after 11 days, 14.0 after 33 days, and 4.8 after 48 days. His left ventricular ejection fraction was 36%, diastolic left ventricular dimension was 71.4mm, and brain natriuretic peptide was 383.8 pg/ml. In this patient, central sleep disordered breathing was improved by biventricular pacing therapy after only 48 days.