Our Experience with Using WatchPat ® (Itamar Medical, Ltd.), Home Sleep Testing (HST) for the Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea in Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Sleep apnea is widely reported as an independent predictor for the development of heart failure (HF), with a 2.6-fold increase in incidence after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and smoking. The accepted gold standard for sleep apnea diagnosis is polysomnography (PSG); however, access to PSG is limited and more so in the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. WatchPAT Home Sleep Testing (WPHST) has been validated to accurately detect both obstructive (OSA) as well as central sleep apnea (CSA) in the general population.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Sandra A. Carey, Aasim Afzal, Aayla Jamil, Whitney Whiteley, David Ostransky Tags: 011 Source Type: research
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