Is idiopathic central sleep apnea a separate entity?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Comment

Shanna Diaz et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 15;16(12):1999-2001.

doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8926.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Abstract

Diaz S, Brown LK. Is idiopathic central sleep apnea a separate entity? J Clin Sleep Med. 2020;16(12):1999–2001.

Transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation to treat idiopathic central sleep apnea.
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