Volume 134, Issue 6, Pages 1162-1168 (December 2008) Cardiac Effects of Continuous and Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure for Patients With Heart Failure and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Rami N. Khayat, MD, FCCP, William T. Abraham, MD, Brian Patt, BS, Monica Roy, MPH, Keding Hua, MS, David Jarjoura, PhD CHEST Volume 134, Issue 6, Pages 1162-1168 (December 2008) DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0346 Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Change in LVEF with treatment in both groups; individual plot of LVEF change with each treatment modality. Left panel: CPAP group. Right panel: bilevel PAP group. One patient is missing a final LVEF measurement in the CPAP group. Means of LVEF at pretreatment and 3 months for each group are given. CHEST 2008 134, 1162-1168DOI: (10.1378/chest.08-0346) Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions