The Breathless Heart Apneas in Heart Failure /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Emdin, Michele (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Giannoni, Alberto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Passino, Claudio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

This book systematically focuses on central sleep apneas, analyzing their relationship especially with heart failure and discussing recent research results and emerging treatment strategies based on feedback modulation. The opening chapters present historical background information on Cheyne-Stokes...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Historical background and glossary of the apnea phenomenon
• 2 Mechanics and chemistry of respiration in health
• 3 Hypopneas and apneas as physiological and pathological phenomena throughout life
• 4 Pathophysiology of central apneas in heart failure
• 5 The importance of visceral feedbacks: focus on chemoreceptors
• 6 The apneas before and after heart failure
• 7 Not only sleep apnea: the “awake” apneas of the failing heart
• 8 Periodic breathing during effort and central apneas in heart failure: siblings, cousins or what else?
• 9 To breath or not to breath--that is the question
• 10 Diagnostic tools: the easier, the better
• 11 Diagnostic tools: messages from implanted devices
• 12 Targeting and treating apneas
• 13 Final remarks.