Impact of Heart Transplantation on Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in a Child

Suhail Al-Saleh; Paul F. Kantor; Indra Narang

doi:10.1155/2016/4698756

Case Reports in Pediatrics (Jan 2016)

Impact of Heart Transplantation on Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in a Child

Suhail Al-Saleh,
Paul F. Kantor,
Indra Narang

Affiliations

Suhail Al-Saleh: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
Paul F. Kantor: Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Stollery Children’s Hospital, 8440 112 Street Northwest, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada
Indra Narang: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4698756
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2016

Abstract

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Sleep disordered breathing is well described in adults with heart failure but not in pediatric population. We describe a 13-year-old Caucasian male with severe heart failure related to dilated cardiomyopathy who demonstrated polysomnographic features of Cheyne-Stokes respiration, which completely resolved following cardiac transplantation. Cheyne-Stokes respiration in children with advanced heart failure and its resolution after heart transplant can be observed similar to adults.

Published in Case Reports in Pediatrics

ISSN: 2090-6803 (Print); 2090-6811 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cripe/

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