Successful Treatment of Heart Failure in an Adult Patient with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Hiroaki Kawano; Tooru Ikeda; Koichi Shimazaki; Shuji Arakawa; Yuji Matsumoto; Motonobu Hayano; Koji Maemura

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8659

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Successful Treatment of Heart Failure in an Adult Patient with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Hiroaki Kawano, Tooru Ikeda, Koichi Shimazaki, Shuji Arakawa, Yuji Matsumoto, Motonobu Hayano, Koji Maemura

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Keywords: obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, rehabilitation, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2013 Volume 52 Issue 7 Pages 771-776

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8659

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Abstract

Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by physical, psychological and physiological abnormalities. Obesity and related cardiovascular diseases are a common problem in adult patients with PWS. This report describes a case of adult PWS with heart failure associated with marked obesity and sleep-disordered breathing that was successfully treated with oxygen therapy, adaptive servoventilation, medications, diet therapy and rehabilitation.

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