Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices Can Improve Sleep Quality of Advanced Heart Failure Patients

Sleep disturbance deteriorates quality of life, and sleep quality of heart failure (HF) patients is worse than that of non-HF patients. In patients with advanced HF, continuous left ventricular assist device (cf-LVAD) is used for the improvement of their quality of life and prognosis. However, the effect on sleep quality of cf-LVAD therapy is unknown. Therefore, this study was aimed to reveal the effect of cf-LVAD on sleep quality.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: 1111 Source Type: research