Our Medical Director, Shahrokh Javaheri, M.D., is internationally
recognized for his extensive research in sleep disorders
and in the critical correlation of these disorders to cardiovascular
disease and other medical conditions. He is board-certified
in Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Internal Medicine.
He is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is
an internationally known researcher in sleeping disorders
and has lectured in many different countries.
Research Papers
Javaheri, S., Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Heart
Failure. Heart Failure - A Companion to Braunwald's Heart
Disease / edited by Douglas L. Mann (2004), 471-487.
Javaheri, S., William T. Abraham, Candice Brown, Hiroshi
Nishiyama, Rosanne Giesting, Lynne E. Wagoner. Prevalence
of obstructive sleep apnea and periodic limb movement
in 45 subjects with heart transplantation. European Heart
Journal (2004) 25, 260-266.
Javaheri, S., Heart failure and sleep apnea: emphasis
on practical therapeutic options. Clinics in Chest Medicine
24 (2003) 207-222.
Javaheri S., Parker TJ, Wexler L, Liming JD, Lindower
P, Roselle GA. Effects of theophylline on sleep disordered
breathing in stable heart failure: A prospective / double-blind,
placebo controlled, crossover study. N Engl J Med 1996;
335:562-67.
Javaheri S., A mechanism of central sleep apnea in patients
with heart failure. N Eng J Med 1999; 341:549-54.
Javaheri S., Parker TJ, Liming JD, Corbett WS, Nishyama
H, Wexler L, Roselle GA. Sleep apnea in 81 ambulatory
male patients with stable heart failure: Types and their
prevalences, consequences and presentations. Circulation
1998; 97:2154-2159.
Javaheri S., Effects of contiguous positive airway pressure
on sleep apnea and ventricular irritability in patients
with heart failure. Circulation 2000; 101: 392-397.
Javaheri S., Ahmed M, Parker TJ, with technical assistance
of Brown CR. Effects of nasal 02 on sleep-related disordered
breathing in ambulatory patients with stable heart failure.
Sleep 1999; 22:1101-6
Javaheri S., Corbett WS, Association of low arterial
PCO2 with central sleep apnea and ventricular arrhythmias
in ambulatory patients with stable heart failure. Ann
Intern Med 1998; 128:204-207.
Javaheri S., Central sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in
heart failure: Prevalence, impact and treatment. Sleep
1996; S229-31.
Javaheri S., Colangelo G. Lacey W. Gartside PS. Chronic
hypercapnia obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
Sleep 1994; 17:416-423.
Javaheri S., Parker TJ, Wexler L, Michaels SE, Stanberry
E, Nishyama H, Roselle CSA. Occult sleep disordered breathing
in stable congestive heart failure. Ann Intern Med 1995;
122:487-492.
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