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Article: United States: ResMed launches sleep apnea study in heart failure patients.

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October 8, 2008
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ResMed, a developer and manufacturer of medical equipment for treating respiratory disorders, has launched the Serve-HF study to investigate the use of its AutoSet CS2 device in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing that affects patients with chronic heart failure. The international Serve-HF study will focus specifically on the impact of treatment of central sleep apnea (CSA) in patients with heart failure. According to the company, up to 76% of patients with heart failure also suffer from sleep-disordered breathing, in which normal breathing during sleep is interrupted. Around two-thirds of those patients with clinically significant ...

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