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Higher BNP Levels Predict Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure Patients

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The takeaway

Natriuretic peptide concentrations correlated with central sleep apnea severity in heart failure patients, with higher BNP identifying patients at risk for this dangerous breathing disorder during sleep.

Key finding

Natriuretic peptide concentrations correlated with central sleep apnea severity in heart failure patients, with higher BNP identifying patients at ris

What the researchers found

Natriuretic peptide concentrations correlated with central sleep apnea severity in heart failure patients, with higher BNP identifying patients at risk for this dangerous breathing disorder during sleep.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2011.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Higher BNP Levels Predict Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure Patients
What was found?
Natriuretic peptide concentrations correlated with central sleep apnea severity in heart failure patients, with higher BNP identifying patients at risk for this dangerous breathing disorder during sleep.

Read the original research

Relation of natriuretic peptide concentrations to central sleep apnea in patients with heart failure.

Chest, 140(6), 1517-1523

Citation

Calvin, Andrew D; Somers, Virend K; van der Walt, Christelle; Scott, Christopher G; Olson, Lyle J. (2011). Relation of natriuretic peptide concentrations to central sleep apnea in patients with heart failure.. Chest, 140(6), 1517-1523. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.10-2472