Persistence of periodic breathing/Cheyne-Stokes respiration after tilt table test during short term respiratory monitoring in patients with systolic heart failure

Although periodic breathing (PB: hyperventilation/hypopneas) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR: hyperventilation/apneas) are usually considered to occur in lying and sleeping conditions in patients with heart failure (HF), there are recent evidences that both phenomena may spread throughout the 24