Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 646-651 , August 2008

Quality of life in patients with congestive heart failure and central sleep apnea

  • Carmen Carmona-Bernal

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Disease Medical-Surgery Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +34 95 5012191.
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  • Aránzazu Ruiz-García

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Disease Medical-Surgery Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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  • Manuel Villa-Gil

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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  • Angeles Sánchez-Armengol

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Disease Medical-Surgery Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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  • Esther Quintana-Gallego

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Disease Medical-Surgery Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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  • Francisco Ortega-Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Disease Medical-Surgery Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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  • Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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  • Francisco Capote

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Disease Medical-Surgery Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain

Received 13 August 2007 ,Revised 26 September 2007 ,Accepted 13 November 2007.

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☆ The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to the information provided herein.

PII: S1389-9457(07)00420-0

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.11.008

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 646-651 , August 2008

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