Echocardiographic Changes with Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Long-term Pickwick Randomized Controlled Trial.

CONCLUSION: In patients with OHS who have concomitant severe obstructive sleep apnea, long-term treatment with NIV and CPAP led to similar degrees of improvement in pulmonary hypertension and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Clinical trial registration available at www.clinicaltrials.gov, ID: NCT01405976. PMID: 31682462 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - November 3, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Masa JF, Mokhlesi B, Benítez I, Mogollon MV, Gomez de Terreros FJ, Sánchez-Quiroga MÁ, Romero A, Caballero-Eraso C, Alonso-Álvarez ML, Ordax-Carbajo E, Gomez-Garcia T, González M, López-Martín S, Marin JM, Martí S, Díaz-Cambriles T, Chiner E, Ege Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research