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Cheyne-Stokes breathing
pathology
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abnormality of respiratory rhythm
- In human respiratory system: Sleep
…periods of apnea, is called Cheyne-Stokes breathing, after the physicians who first described it. The mechanism that produces the Cheyne-Stokes ventilation pattern is unclear, but it may entail unstable feedback regulation of breathing. Similar swings in ventilation sometimes occur in persons with heart failure or with central nervous system disease.
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