Journal of Heart and Cardiology Journal of Heart and Cardiology Journal of Heart and Cardiology Journal of Heart and Cardiology 2378-6914Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA9310.15436/2378-6914.14.001Research ArticleObstructive sleep apnea in heart failure with nearly complete resolution after implantation of a left ventricular assist deviceObstructive sleep apnea in heart failure with nearly complete resolution after implantation of a left ventricular assist deviceMareye Voortman 1Department of Respiratory Medicine University Medical Center Utrecht Utrecht the Netherlands2Department of Cardiology University Medical Center Utrecht Utrecht the Netherlands3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University Medical Center Utrecht the NetherlandsEditor* E-mail: m.voortman@umcutrecht.nl
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
20142708201411JHC-15-CR-9324062014220820142014Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp Sleep apnoea syndrome is common in chronic heart failure and associated with a higher mortality and morbidity Both central and obstructive sleep apnoea can occur in these patients In general an obstructive sleep apnoea OSA is regarded as a cause for heart failure whereas heart failure induces a central sleep apnoea CSA However we describe a patient with chronic heart failure and mainly an obstructive sleep apnoea who had near resolution of his apnoea syndrome after implantation of a left ventricular assist device LVAD 10