Treatment of sleep apnea in patients with heart disease heart of the new method

Posted by sldol on October 20, 2008 in Heart Disease

One from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia Alfred Hospital doctors Darren R Mansfield and his colleagues study results show that the congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea and can impose is continuous pressure treatment of depression (CPAP), which will help improve the function of the heart contraction. The results have been published in the recently published “American Journal of Respiratory and Emergency Medicine”.

Pressure is on the treatment of depression in patients with blood can reduce the incidence of hypoxia, decreased sympathetic nerve activity and improve the quality of life. The researchers found that in 21 cases and did not receive treatment controls, accepted CPAP treatment of 19 patients after three months after treatment, symptoms were significantly improved. Previous studies showed that patients with congestive heart exhaustive of sleep apnea the occurrence rate of about 25 percent to 30 percent. CPAP treatment can accept these patients with left ventricular ejection function of an increase of 5 percent or more, this value was closer than the results of drug treatment.

In addition, this method can reduce the treatment of patients with the heart of the night to stimulate the secretion of norepinephrine levels, thereby improving the quality of life. But the therapy did not make a serious respiratory disorder can be improved, it will not reduce the ability of the activities.