Cohort profile: FACE, prospective follow-up of chronic heart failure patients with sleep-disordered breathing indicated for adaptive servo ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

FACE is a prospective cohort study designed to assess the effect of adding adaptive servoventilation (ASV) to standard care on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) with preserved (HFpEF), mid-range (HFmrEF) or reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who have sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) with an indication for ASV. We describe the study design, ongoing data collection and baseline participant characteristics.

Participants

Consecutive patients with HFpEF, HFmrEF or HFrEF plus SDB with central sleep apnoea (CSA) and indication for ASV were enrolled in the study cohort between November 2009 and December 2018; the ASV group includes those treated with ASV and the control group consists of patients who refused ASV or stopped treatment early. Fo

SUBMITTER: Tamisier R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7371028 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature