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Sleep Breath 2004; 08(2): 107-109
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829631
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829631
CASE REPORT
Copyright © 2004 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.
Cardiac Changes Noted within 4 Years of Transplant in Postmortem Evaluation of a Patient with Untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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Publication History
Publication Date:
21 June 2004 (online)
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In this case report, the authors discuss the autopsy findings of biventricular cardiomegaly 4 years after transplantation of an otherwise normal heart in a patient who did not accept treatment for documented severe obstructive sleep apnea.
KEYWORDS
Cardiac transplantation - autopsy - obstructive sleep apnea
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Nancy F FishbackM.D.
The Sleep Disorders Center, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
600 Gresham Dr., Norfolk, VA 23507
Email: FishbaNF@EVMS.EDU