Nocturnal cardiology: chronic heart failure, acute chest syndrome, coronary artery disease and collagen vascular disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: I. Smith (Cambridge, United Kingdom), P. Lee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Cardiovascular autonomic control and baroreceptor sensitivity in patients with stable chronic heart failure and sleep disordered breathing
S. Asadi, M. Ruis, S. Radakovic, I. Mikulic, O. Burghuber, A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with chronic heart failure: Prevalence and sleep characteristics
H. Woehrle, G. Weinreich, K. Wegscheider, E. Erdmann, H. Teschler (Martinsried, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Impaired sleep quality is independently related with mortality in heart failure patients
N. Plappert, M. Krenn, R. Obermeier, A. Braune, A. Brandl-Novak, I. Haller, G. A. J. Riegger, M. Pfeifer, M. Arzt (Donaustauf, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Heart structure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and COPD
K. Miheieva, U. Sirenko, S. Palkovskii, I. Djavad (Kiev, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Cardiovascular risk in sleep apnoea: Heart rate variability and blood pressure analysis
S. Gresova, Z. Tomori, V. Donic, M. Kundrik, J. Stimmelova, I. Bacova, B. Fulton (Kosice, Košice, Slovakia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Natural course of sleep apnea after acute myocardial infarction according to the development of left ventricular function
T. Greimel, S. Buchner, A. Luchner, O. W. Hamer, K. Debl, A. Brandl-Novak, A. Braune, R. Obermeier, M. Pfeifer, M. Arzt (Donaustauf, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Acute coronary syndrome and OSAHS an unequivocal association (prospective study)
B. Conde, T. Calvo, P. Fontes, A. Afonso, I. Moreira (Vila Real, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Sleep disordered breathing in patients with acute coronary syndromes
I. Bouloukaki, E. Simantirakis, C. Mermigis, D. Arfanakis, S. Chrysostomakis, E. Kallergis, P. Vardas, E. Vlachaki, N. Siafakas, S. Schiza (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Screening of sleep apnea syndrome in patients with acute coronary syndrome
K. Cunha, V. Areias, J. Romero, R. Faria, J. Mimoso, V. Gomes, U. Brito (Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Long term effects of CPAP therapy in sleep apnea patients with metabolic syndrome
D. Boisteanu, R. M. Vasiluta, C. E. Mucenica, A. Cernomaz (Iasi, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Is the decrease of AVR (arterovenous ratio)in patients with severe OSAS, reversible after long term use of CPAP?
R. Bossi, C. Carnevale Carlino, F. M. Massari, C. Vecchiato (Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The association between obstructive sleep apnea and greater aortic size can be explained by the amount of oxygen desaturation and diastolic blood pressure
J. P. Baguet, C. Minville, R. Tamisier, G. Barone-Rochette, O. Ormezzano, P. Levy, J. L. Pepin (Grenoble Cedex 09, La Tronche, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Relationship between sleepiness, sleep duration and sleep apnoea with or without hypertension in middle-aged male Japanese workers
T. Oga, Y. Harada, H. Kadotani, M. Takegami, K. Takahashi, K. Sumi, T. Nakamura, Y. Nakayama-Ashida, I. Minami, S. Horita, Y. Oka, T. Wakamura, S. Fukuhara, M. Mishima, K. Chin (Kyoto, Amagasaki, Toon, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Mean platelet volume in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
A. N. Annakkaya, T. Dumlu, K. Özmen, A. Güngör, O. Balbay, P. Arbak (Duzce, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Relationship between plasma NT-proBNP level and cardiovascular complications in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients
R. Plywaczewski, L. Jonczak, B. Kazanecka, P. Bielen, D. Gorecka, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
NT-pro BNP is a marker for cardiovascular dysfunction due to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
E. Gecgil, T. Ulukavak Ciftci, O. Kokturk, Y. Tavil (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is an independent risk factor for progression of chronic kidney disease: A new link?
A. Kanbay, H. Buyukoglan, E. Kaya, F. S. Oymak, R. Demir, I. Gulmez (Kayseri, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Evaluation of submaximal exercise capacity in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
H. Ben Saad, A. Abdelghani, I. Ben Hassan, I. Ghannouchi, Z. Tabka, M. Benzarti (Sousse, Tunisia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Is the side of the pleural effusion depends the body position during sleep on pleural effusion in patients with congestive heart failure?
B. Marcondes, F. Vargas, L. Teixeira, L. Kumamoto, E. Genofre, P. Genta, G. Lorenzi-Filho (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster