PERSISTENCE OF PERIODIC BREATHING/CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION AFTER TILT TABLE TEST DURING SHORT TERM RESPIRATORY MONITORING IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE

Although periodic breathing (PB: hyperventilation/hypopneas) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR: hyperventilation/apneas) are usually considered to occur in lying and sleeping conditions in patients with heart failure (HF), there are recent evidences that both phenomena may spread throughout the 24-