The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 742-744 , July 2007

Persistence of Cheyne–Stokes Breathing After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Patients With Acutely Decompensated End-stage Heart Failure

  • Margherita Padeletti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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  • Aurelio Henriquez, RPSGT

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York.
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  • Donna M. Mancini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York
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  • Robert C. Basner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert C. Basner, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032. Telephone: 212-305-7591. Fax: 212-305-7072.

Received 14 December 2006 ,Revised 28 February 2007 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

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PII: S1053-2498(07)00359-2

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.04.009

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 742-744 , July 2007

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