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Filter by:The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to test the effect of 12 weeks Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) therapy (additionally to optimal medical management of myocardial infarction) on myocardial salvage (MSI=myocardial salvage/area at risk, primary endpoint).
Study hypothesis: Weight reduction in obese patients with atrial fibrillation. Obese patients benefit from an obesity treatment after atrial fibrillation ablation. Study design: A prospective randomized, open-label clinical trial.
The purpose of this study is to compare cardiovascular physiological adaptation to intermittent hypoxia (IH) of nonobese healthy subjects. The exposure will be two periods of two weeks (IH versus exposure "placebo hypoxia"). The investigators will use pharmacological tools, peripheral vasodilator (amlodipine) or specific blocker of angiotensin receptor (valsartan) versus the taking of a placebo. The allocation of the tool and the exhibition will be randomized (HI / placebo, valsartan / amlodipine). The outcome measures evaluated concern the cardiovascular system, systemic inflammation and tissular and glucose metabolism. The investigators assume an increase in arterial resistance during the intermittent hypoxia compared to the control group, these being dependent on sympathetic tone. The investigators hypothesize that the metabolic alterations that will be observed after experimental simulation (IH and fragmentation of sleep for 15 consecutive nights) will be less severe in the valsartan group than in the amlodipine group in comparison with the placebo group. A serum bank and a gene bank will be performed for the requirements of subsequent studies if necessary.
Investigators hypothesize that CPAP treatment for suppressing OSAS in combination with a physical activity program will optimize 24-hour blood pressure control in patients with OSA-related resistant hypertension.
The purpose of the study is to compare, three months after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D), the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) obtained from conventional in-lab NPSG/NPG (AHIPSG) with similar indices obtained from autoscoring algorithms of the ApneaScan™, an implantable impedance-based respiration sensor (AHIAS).
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects on sleepiness, quality of life, depression, hospitalization and deaths rate, of intensive vs standard interventions, on CPAP adherence, 2 years after CPAP initiation.
Patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) on non-Intensive Care Unit medical services and/or visiting our outpatient Congestive Heart Failure Clinic will be screened using the STOP-BANG Scoring Model. (STOP-BANG stands for Snoring, Tiredness, Observed Apnea, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Age, Neck Circumference, Gender.) Patients with high risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) will be referred for evaluation and treatment of Sleep Apnea. They will be followed to determine if treatment of Sleep Apnea improves their quality of life and decreases their utilization of the Hospital and Emergency Department (ED).
The Mapping for Transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Study (MAPS) is being conducted to evaluate the feasibility of transvascular stimulation of phrenic nerves via an electrophysiology (EP) catheter advanced into the great veins.
The investigators aimed to evaluated the role of bedside sleep medicine in an cardiology intensive care unit. The patients will be submitted to a overnight polysomnography. Those individuals with sleep apnea will be treated with CPAP during the ICU admission. Also, the investigators will identify the factors that compromise the sleep and will act to minimize them to improve the sleep quality. After the interventions, the investigators will evaluate if there are reduced days of hospital admission, major cardiovascular events (infarction, reinfarction, heart failure and stroke) and overall mortality.
The investigators are proposing a study where the investigators would give a survey to the parents of patients having a sleep study. The survey would contain questions relating to symptoms of sleep apnea and then the investigators would correlate the parent answers to the results of the sleep study.