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- Title
Advanced heart failure and nocturnal hypoxaemia due to central sleep apnoea are associated with increased serum erythropoietin.
- Authors
Calvin, Andrew D.; Somers, Virend K.; Steensma, David P.; Perez, Jose A. Rio; van der Walt, Christelle; Fitz-Gibbon, Jennifer M.; Scott, Christopher G.; Olson, Lyle J.
- Abstract
Aims: Central sleep apnoea (CSA) and increased serum erythropoietin (EPO) concentration have each been associated with adverse prognosis in heart failure (HF) patients. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between nocturnal hypoxaemia due to CSA and the serum EPO concentration in patients with HF.
- Subjects
HEART diseases; APNEA; SERUM; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEART failure
- Publication
European Journal of Heart Failure, 2010, Vol 12, Issue 4, p354
- ISSN
1388-9842
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurjhf/hfq005