Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UMLS:C0037315 (sleep apnea)
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We hypothesized that (1) patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration with central sleep apnea (CSR-CSA) would have greater nocturnal urinary and daytime plasma norepinephrine concentrations (UNE and PNE, respectively) than those without CSR-CSA because of apneas, hypoxia and arousals from sleep and (2) attenuation of CSR-CSA by nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) would reduce UNE and PNE concentrations. Eighteen patients with and 17 without CSR-CSA (Non-CSR-CSA group) were studied. Left ventricular ejection fraction was similar in the two groups, but overnight UNE and awake PNE concentrations were greater in the CSR-CSA group (30.2 +/- 2.5 nmol/mmol creatinine and 3.32 +/- 0.29 nmol/L) than in the Non-CSR-CSA group (15.8 +/- 2.1 nmol/mmol creatinine, p < 0.005, and 2.06 +/- 0.56 nmol/L, p < 0.05, respectively). Patients with CSR-CSA were randomized to a control group or to nightly NCPAP for 1 mo. CSR-CSA was attenuated in the NCPAP but not in the control group. The NCPAP group experienced greater reductions in UNE and PNE concentrations (-12.5 +/- 3.3 nmol/mmol creatinine and -0.74 +/- 0.40 nmol/L) than did the control group (-1.3 +/- 2.8 nmol/mmol creatinine, p < 0.025 and 1.16 +/- 0.66 nmol/L, p < 0.025, respectively). In conclusion, in patients with CHF, CSR-CSA is associated with elevated sympathoneural activity, which can be reduced by NCPAP.
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PMID:Effects of nasal CPAP on sympathetic activity in patients with heart failure and central sleep apnea. 763 95

Despite advances in medical therapy of congestive heart failure (CHF), morbidity and mortality for this disorder remain high. One factor that could contribute to the poor prognosis of CHF is Cheyne-Stokes respiration with central sleep apnea (CSR-CSA). This breathing disorder is a frequent complication of CHF, where it is associated with increased mortality. One reason for this higher mortality may be that apnea-related hypoxia and arousals from sleep can increase sympathetic nervous system activity (SNA), as manifested by increases in overnight urinary and daytime plasma norepinephrine concentrations ([UNE] and [PNE], respectively). Recently published randomized trials have demonstrated that nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), if applied nightly at high enough levels over periods of at least 1-3 months, can alleviate CSR-CSA in patients with CHF in association with hemodynamic improvement, as evidenced by increased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and inhibition of SNA, as manifest by reductions in [UNE] and [PNE]. These findings indicate a role for CPAP as a non-pharmacologic adjunctive therapy for CHF complicated by CSR-CSA. Longer-term trials of CPAP are needed to determine whether this intervention can provide long-lasting clinical benefit to patients with CHF and CSR-CSA.
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PMID:Hemodynamic and sympathoinhibitory effects of nasal CPAP in congestive heart failure. 908 19