Impact of Nocturnal Head Positioning on Sleep Apnea in Patients with Heart Failure: a Randomized Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Heart failure with sleep apnea
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000031166
- Lead Sponsor
- ippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 145
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients complicated with severe COPD. 2. Patients underwent myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass surgery within three months. 3. Patients with permanent pacemaker or implantable defibrillator.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Apnea-hypopnea index while subjects is sleeping in a semirecumbent position with head-up to 30 degrees.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Values of high-sensitivity troponin T and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in the morning.