The aim of the study was to evaluate the therapeutic potential of nocturnal transnasal continuous positive airway pressure breathing (n-CPAP-therapy) with respect to regional cerebral blood flow. 30 patients with severe sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) underwent daytime Tc-99m-ECD SPET before and after 6 month n-CPAP-therapy and brain CT (n = 25) to evaluate atrophy SPET data were analysed visually by 3 experts: Perfusion deficits were mainly located in frontal and temporal lobes. Frontal (p < 0.01) and temporal (p < 0.05) activity significantly increased after therapy. In 10 patients with brain atrophy activity did not change significantly, what probably reflects morphological changes induced by hypoxemia and/or sleep fragmentation.
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Stanford Univ, Sleep Clin, Redwood City, CA 94305 USA
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Prilipko, Olga
Huynh, Nelly
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Huynh, Nelly
Thomason, Moriah E.
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Wayne State Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Detroit, MI 48201 USA
Wayne State Univ, Merrill Palmer Skillman Inst Child & Family Dev, Detroit, MI 48201 USAStanford Univ, Sleep Clin, Redwood City, CA 94305 USA
Thomason, Moriah E.
Kushida, Clete A.
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Kushida, Clete A.
Guilleminault, Christian
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