Open AccessRespiración de Cheyne-Stokes en una adolescente con insuficiencia cardíaca secundaria a miocardiopatía dilatada que requirió trasplante cardíaco
Author(s) -
Carla Pereyra,
Javier Fraire,
Lorenzo Olivero,
Augusto Pérez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2021.e75
Subject(s) - medicine , cheyne–stokes respiration , cardiology , heart failure , sleep disordered breathing , obstructive sleep apnea
Cheyne-Stokes respiration is a cyclic variant or type of central sleep apnea rare in pediatric population. We describe a 12-yearold female patient with severe heart failure related to dilated cardiomyopathy who demonstrated sleep disorders with Cheyne-Stokes breathing features, which completely resolved following cardiac transplantation.