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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy at home can be a good adjunctive non-drug therapy for these patients. Methods: We conducted a single-center, prospective cohort study from 150 consecutive patients hospitalized for heart failure exacerbation in the cardiology department. Of these, 57 patients had obstructive sleep apnea. After discharge, CPAP therapy at home was offered. We divided them into two groups and followed them for 1 year. All patients received optimal medical treatment. At the end of the period, patients underwent a follow-up physical examination, a follow-up echocardiography, and a follow-up evaluation of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Results: From 81 patients with sleep apnea, 72.8% (n = 59) had obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and 27.2% (n = 22) had central sleep apnea (CSA). There was a statistically significant difference in body mass index (BMI), ESS, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF%) in the group with CPAP therapy compared to the no-CPAP group. The CPAP group had a median survival of 11.7 months vs. 10.1 months in the no-CPAP group (log-rank (Mantel\u2013Cox) p = 0.044). Conclusions: This study suggests that obstructive sleep apnea is a common comorbidity in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. The addition of CPAP therapy in these patients improves the symptoms and the prognosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13195676","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,24]],"date-time":"2024-09-24T08:56:06Z","timestamp":1727168166000},"page":"5676","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["CPAP Treatment at Home after Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9173-483X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Petar","family":"Kalaydzhiev","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0055-966X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Angelina","family":"Borizanova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Neli","family":"Georgieva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-8741-2005","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gergana","family":"Voynova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Slavi","family":"Yakov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tsvetan","family":"Kocev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Galya","family":"Tomova-Lyutakova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-8447-1390","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bozhidar","family":"Krastev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Natalia","family":"Spasova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1420-6822","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Radostina","family":"Ilieva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9935-720X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elena","family":"Kinova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Assen","family":"Goudev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University\u2014Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"},{"name":"Cardiology Department, University Hospital \u201cTsaritsa Yoanna\u2014ISUL\u201d, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Javaheri, S., and Javaheri, S. 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